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The Library (D. J. MacHale) is fantasy. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Library (D. J. MacHale) is 3 books, 2016–2018.

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Narnia
His Dark Materials
Peter Pan
Tolkien's legendarium
Fionavar Universe
The Keys to the Kingdom
Kairos
100 Cupboards
The Dark Is Rising

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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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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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

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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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Fionavar UniverseSeries

seriesGuy Gavriel Kay5 books1984

Epic fantasy and portal 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 →

The Keys to the KingdomSeries

seriesGarth Nix7 books2003

About chosen one.

Start with Mister Monday →

KairosSeries

seriesMadeleine L'Engle11 books1962

Science fiction.

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100 CupboardsSeries

seriesN. D. Wilson4 books2007

Portal fantasy, about transported to another world.

Start with The Door Before →

The Dark Is RisingSeries

seriesSusan Cooper5 books1965

Mythic fantasy, 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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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 Library (D. J. MacHale)?: Narnia — the closest match to The Library (D. J. MacHale) on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Library (D. J. MacHale)?: Curse of the Boggin. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Library (D. J. MacHale).
How big is The Library (D. J. MacHale)?: The Library (D. J. MacHale) is 3 books, 2016–2018.

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