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Books like The Forest Grimm: 9 series to read next

The Forest Grimm is fairy tale retelling, set in secondary world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Forest Grimm is 2 books, 2023–2025.

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The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieu
Grishaverse
Tolkien's legendarium
The Scholomance
Gormenghast
Soldier Son
The School for Good and Evil
The Ancestor
Earthsea

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) →

GrishaverseUniverse

universe19 books2012

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Saints are canonized here the way soldiers are buried elsewhere — quietly, and too often.”
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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The ScholomanceSeries

seriesNaomi Novik3 books2020

Tense in tone, about survival and wizards.

Start with A Deadly Education →

GormenghastSeries

seriesMervyn Peake & Maeve Gilmore6 books1946

Gothic.

“Peake was writing a fourth novel, Titus Awakes, at the time of his death in 1968.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Titus Groan →

Soldier SonSeries

seriesRobin Hobb3 books2005

Epic fantasy, reflective in tone, about colonialism and identity.

“Set in a new world unrelated to her previous trilogies, the Soldier Son trilogy follows the life of Nevare Burvelle, the second son of a newly elevated Lord of the Kingdom of Gernia.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Shaman's Crossing →

The School for Good and EvilSeries

seriesSoman Chainani8 books2013

Adventurous in tone.

“After their fortunes are reversed, Agatha is taken to the School for Good while Sophie is taken to the School for Evil, their friendship is put to the test.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The School for Good and Evil →

The AncestorSeries

seriesMark Lawrence4 books2017

Epic fantasy.

“The three novels tell the story of Nona Grey, a peasant girl with mystical abilities.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Red Sister →

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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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.

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What should I read after The Forest Grimm?: The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieu — the closest match to The Forest Grimm on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Forest Grimm?: The Forest Grimm. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Forest Grimm.
How big is The Forest Grimm?: The Forest Grimm is 2 books, 2023–2025.

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