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Books like The Forgotten Worlds: 9 series to read next

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

The Forgotten Worlds is 3 books, 2008–2010.

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Narnia
Fionavar Universe
Peter Pan
100 Cupboards
The Keys to the Kingdom
Five Children Universe
The Indian in the Cupboard
Worldquake
The Land of Stories

NarniaUniverse

universe38 books1950

Fantasy and portal fantasy, set in secondary world.

“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

Reading order →

Fionavar UniverseSeries

seriesGuy Gavriel Kay5 books1984

Epic fantasy, emotional in tone.

“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 →

Peter PanUniverse

universe112 books1902

Fantasy.

“Second star to the right, and straight on till morning — and there it is, the island that every child dreams once and then, growing up, contrives to forget.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Peter Pan →

100 CupboardsSeries

seriesN. D. Wilson4 books2007

Fantasy and portal fantasy, adventurous in tone, about transported to another world, set in secondary world.

Start with The Door Before →

The Keys to the KingdomSeries

seriesGarth Nix7 books2003

About chosen one.

Start with Mister Monday →

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 →

The Indian in the CupboardSeries

seriesLynne Reid Banks5 books1980

Fantasy and portal fantasy, adventurous in tone, about coming of age, set in contemporary and our world.

“Lynne Reid Banks' Indian in the Cupboard series begins with the 1980 children's novel in which a boy discovers that an old cupboard can bring his plastic toy figures to life.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Indian in the Cupboard →

WorldquakeSeries

seriesScarlett Thomas3 books2017

Fantasy, set in contemporary.

Start with Dragon's Green →

The Land of StoriesSeries

seriesChris Colfer13 books2012

Fantasy, adventurous in tone.

“Colfer started plans for a prequel series in 2016, and has since published three books in this series, beginning with A Tale of Magic... in 2019.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with The Wishing Spell →

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 Forgotten Worlds?: Narnia — the closest match to The Forgotten Worlds on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Forgotten Worlds?: The Emerald Tablet. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Forgotten Worlds.
How big is The Forgotten Worlds?: The Forgotten Worlds is 3 books, 2008–2010.

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