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Books like The Jelindel Chronicles: 9 series to read next

The Jelindel Chronicles is set in secondary world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Jelindel Chronicles is 5 books, 2002–2012.

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Tolkien's legendarium
Earthsea
Narnia
Memory, Sorrow & Thorn
Seraphina Universe
The Princess and the Goblin
Dragonlance
Deltora milieu
World of Ice and Fire

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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EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

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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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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Memory, Sorrow & ThornUniverse

universe14 books1988

Epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Winter comes to Osten Ard out of its season, and behind the cold rides something older than the kingdoms of men.”
from the catalogue description

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Seraphina UniverseSeries

seriesRachel Hartman6 books2012

About identity.

Start with Among Ghosts →

The Princess and the GoblinSeries

seriesGeorge MacDonald2 books1871

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

“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 →

DragonlanceUniverse

universe436 books1984

Fantasy and epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“The gods have kept their silence over Krynn for three hundred years, and the world has learned to make do without them: the dragons are a nursery tale, the old clerics gone, faith worn down to superstition.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Dragons of Autumn Twilight →

Deltora milieuSeries

seriesEmily Rodda & Marc McBride53 books1993

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World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Dark in tone, about political intrigue and war.

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

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Why these

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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 Jelindel Chronicles?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to The Jelindel Chronicles on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Jelindel Chronicles?: Dragonlinks. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Jelindel Chronicles.
How big is The Jelindel Chronicles?: The Jelindel Chronicles is 5 books, 2002–2012.

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