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Books like The Ferryman & The Flame: 9 series to read next

The Ferryman & The Flame is fantasy. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Ferryman & The Flame is 12 books, 2011–2022.

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Earthsea
Grishaverse
The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieu
Narnia
Tolkien's legendarium
His Dark Materials
Sword of Truth
World of Ice and Fire
Cosmere

EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Epic fantasy, reflective in tone, about wizards.

“There is a lesson every wizard of Earthsea learns young: to know a thing's true name is to hold its whole being, and to speak it is to move the balance of the world.”
from the catalogue description

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GrishaverseUniverse

universe19 books2012

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Saints are canonized here the way soldiers are buried elsewhere — quietly, and too often.”
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The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieuSeries

seriesGarth Nix11 books1995

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

Start with An Essay on Free Magic: (A manuscript fragment from the Great Library of the Clayr) →

NarniaUniverse

universe38 books1950

Portal fantasy.

“Once there is a wardrobe at the back of a spare room, and behind the fur coats the wood gives way to snow, and a lamp-post burns alone among the trees.”
from the catalogue description

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Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

universe163 books1923

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Before the seas were bent and the mountains raised, there was Music — and from that Music came Arda, and in the west of Middle-earth the long defeat and stubborn hope of those who dwell there.”
from the catalogue description

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His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

Set in parallel universe.

“In a world like ours and unlike it, every human soul walks outside the body in the shape of an animal — a daemon, who speaks, who cannot be lied to, and who settles into one fixed form only when childhood ends.”
from the catalogue description

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Sword of TruthUniverse

universe27 books1994

Epic fantasy.

“Truth is a blade, and it cuts the hand that grips it carelessly.”
from the catalogue description

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World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Epic fantasy, about political intrigue and war.

“Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”
from the catalogue description

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CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

Epic fantasy.

“Before the worlds, there was Adonalsium, and then there was not.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Final Empire →

Why these

No sales rank, no star ratings, no readers also bought.

Shared terms are not a promise that a book feels the same. Two series can be far-future political intrigue and read nothing alike — what the ranking can say is what they are about, and each card says which parts it shares.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after The Ferryman & The Flame?: Earthsea — the closest match to The Ferryman & The Flame on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Ferryman & The Flame?: Skeleton & Dust. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Ferryman & The Flame.
How big is The Ferryman & The Flame?: The Ferryman & The Flame is 12 books, 2011–2022.

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