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Books like The Forever King: 9 series to read next

The Forever King is fantasy, about chosen one, set in contemporary. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Forever King is 3 books, 1992–2003.

“The Forever King, by Molly Cochran and Warren Murphy, reimagines the Arthurian legend with a contemporary setting, bringing King Arthur's story back into the present day.”
from the catalogue description

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The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel
Fionavar Universe
The Dark Is Rising
Alderley
Watership Down
Young Wizards
American Gods
Five Children Universe
Alfred Kropp

The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas FlamelSeries

seriesMichael Scott15 books2007

“The first book in the series, The Alchemyst, was released in 2007, and the sequels were released at the rate of one per year, concluding with The Enchantress in 2012.”
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Start with The Alchemyst →

Fionavar UniverseSeries

seriesGuy Gavriel Kay5 books1984

Epic fantasy and portal fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Kay lived in the countryside near Aix-en-Provence, the setting of Ysabel, while he wrote it.”
from the catalogue description of Ysabel

Start with Ysabel →

The Dark Is RisingSeries

seriesSusan Cooper5 books1965

Set in british isles.

“The first book in the series, Over Sea, Under Stone, was originally conceived as a stand-alone novel, and the sequence gets its name from the second novel in the series, The Dark Is Rising.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Over Sea, Under Stone →

AlderleySeries

seriesAlan Garner4 books1960

About quests, set in british isles.

“The three books span most of Garner's writing life rather than forming one continuous trilogy.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Weirdstone of Brisingamen →

Watership DownSeries

seriesRichard Adams21 books1972

About survival and quests, set in countryside & village.

“Adams returned to the same world in 1996 with Tales from Watership Down, a collection of nineteen short stories mixing rabbit folklore with further adventures of characters from the novel.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Watership Down →

Young WizardsSeries

seriesDiane Duane24 books1983

About coming of age.

“Across fifteen books published between 1983 and 2019, the two age forward in something close to real time as their missions escalate from New York streets to alien worlds and beyond.”
from the catalogue description

Start with So You Want to Be a Wizard →

American GodsSeries

seriesNeil Gaiman10 books1999

Fantasy and mythic fantasy, about gods, set in our world and contemporary.

“Gaiman's 2005 novel Anansi Boys is set in the same mythological world and shares the trickster god Mr. Nancy, but follows a different protagonist and story, making it a loose companion rather than a direct sequel.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Keepsakes and Treasures: A Love Story →

Five Children UniverseSeries

seriesE. Nesbit, Helen Cresswell & Kate Saunders27 books1902

Set in early 20th century and british isles.

“Neither book is by Nesbit herself, and the two have no direct connection to each other beyond both drawing on her creation.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Return of the Psammead →

Alfred KroppSeries

seriesRick Yancey3 books2005

About coming of age.

“Rick Yancey's Alfred Kropp trilogy follows the teenage title character through three young-adult fantasy-adventure novels.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp →

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 Forever King?: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel — the closest match to The Forever King on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Forever King?: The Forever King. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Forever King.
How big is The Forever King?: The Forever King is 3 books, 1992–2003.

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