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Books like The Immortals: 9 series to read next

The Immortals is fantasy, about coming of age and wizards, set in secondary world, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Immortals is 6 books, 1992–2009.

“Beginning with Wild Magic, the four books pair Daine's personal coming-of-age with an escalating magical threat, and connect to Pierce's earlier Song of the Lioness quartet through several shared characters.”
from the catalogue description

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Tolkien's legendarium
Narnia
The Princess and the Goblin
Earthsea
Grishaverse
Circle of Magic
Books of Bayern
His Dark Materials
Kingdom (Cynthia Voigt)

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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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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The Princess and the GoblinSeries

seriesGeorge MacDonald2 books1871

About quests.

“Strahan had published the story and illustrations as a serial in the monthly magazine Good Words for the Young, beginning November 1870.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Princess and the Goblin →

EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Reflective in tone.

“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.”
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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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Circle of MagicUniverse

universe11 books1997

About magic schools.

“Magic here does not thunder from a staff or wait in a dusty grimoire.”
from the catalogue description

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Books of BayernSeries

seriesShannon Hale4 books2003

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about coming of age, set in secondary world.

“Later volumes, including Enna Burning and River Secrets, follow other members of her found family through their own magical talents.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Goose Girl →

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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Kingdom (Cynthia Voigt)Series

seriesCynthia Voigt4 books1985

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about coming of age, set in secondary world.

“There is much want in the kingdom and the tales of Jackaroo, the masked outlaw who helps the poor in times of trouble, are on everyone's lips.”
from the catalogue description of Jackaroo

Start with Jackaroo →

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 Immortals?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to The Immortals on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Immortals?: Wild Magic. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Immortals.
How big is The Immortals?: The Immortals is 6 books, 1992–2009.

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