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Books like The Jungle Books: 9 series to read next

The Jungle Books is adventure, set in 19th century and jungle, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Jungle Books is 36 books, 1893–2018.

“Taken together the books read less as one continuous plot than as an expanding set of tales sharing a setting and cast.”
from the catalogue description

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Allan Quatermain
Tarzan
Wolves Chronicles
Tolkien's legendarium
Ranger's Apprentice
Watership Down
Narnia
Felix
White Giraffe

Allan QuatermainSeries

seriesH. Rider Haggard, Jean Francis Webb & Thomas Kent Miller25 books1885

Set in africa.

“An English professional big game hunter and adventurer, in film and television he has been portrayed by Richard Chamberlain, Sean Connery, Cedric Hardwicke, Patrick Swayze and Stewart Granger among others.”
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TarzanUniverse

universe100 books1912

Set in early 20th century.

“Deep in a jungle no map has tamed, an English lord's orphaned son is suckled by a she-ape and grows to manhood knowing neither his name nor his kind.”
from the catalogue description

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Wolves ChroniclesSeries

seriesJoan Aiken12 books1962

Set in british isles.

“The Wolves Chronicles is Joan Aiken's long-running alternate-history series for young readers, set in a nineteenth-century England ruled by the Stuart dynasty and beset by wolves that have migrated across a Channel land-bridge.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Wolves of Willoughby Chase →

Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

universe163 books1923

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.”
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Ranger's ApprenticeUniverse

universe42 books2004

Set in secondary world.

“A Ranger is not a wizard, whatever the villagers whisper.”
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Watership DownSeries

seriesRichard Adams21 books1972

Set in countryside & village and contemporary.

“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 →

NarniaUniverse

universe38 books1950

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

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FelixSeries

seriesJoan Aiken3 books1977

Historical fiction, set in europe.

“In 1821, an orphaned twelve-year-old boy runs away from his unhappy home in Spain to England where he tries to find his father's family.”
from the catalogue description of Go Saddle the Sea

Start with Go Saddle the Sea →

White GiraffeSeries

seriesLauren St. John4 books2007

Set in africa and contemporary.

“Just as Martine is settling into life at Sawubona, the wildlife game reserve, with her grandmother and Jemmy, her white giraffe, she must leave for two weeks on a school trip off the coast of South Africa.”
from the catalogue description of Dolphin Song

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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.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after The Jungle Books?: Allan Quatermain — the closest match to The Jungle Books on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Jungle Books?: The Jungle Book. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Jungle Books.
How big is The Jungle Books?: The Jungle Books is 36 books, 1893–2018.

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