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Books like The Magic Woodland: 9 series to read next

The Magic Woodland is fantasy and fairy tale retelling, about witches, 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 Magic Woodland is 4 books, 1945–1971.

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Narnia
Tolkien's legendarium
The Princess and the Goblin
Tales of the Frog Princess
Witches Steeped in Gold
Russian / Jewish Fairy Tales Retold
My Father's Dragon
The Wizards of Once
Howl's Castle

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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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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The Princess and the GoblinSeries

seriesGeorge MacDonald2 books1871

About quests and coming of age.

“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 →

Tales of the Frog PrincessSeries

seriesE. D. Baker9 books2002

Start with The Frog Princess →

Witches Steeped in GoldSeries

seriesCiannon Smart2 books2021

Dark fantasy, dark in tone, about enemies to lovers.

Start with Witches Steeped in Gold →

Russian / Jewish Fairy Tales RetoldSeries

seriesNaomi Novik4 books2015

Fantasy and fairy tale retelling, set in secondary world.

“The two books share no characters or setting, only Novik's method of building a novel around one inherited folk tale.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Excerpt from Uprooted →

My Father's DragonSeries

seriesRuth Stiles Gannett4 books1948

About dragons, set in islands.

Start with My Father's Dragon →

The Wizards of OnceSeries

seriesCressida Cowell4 books2017

About quests and wizards.

“When the two collide in the wildwood while hunting a deadly witch, their meeting sets off an adventure that could reshape both their peoples.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Wizards of Once →

Howl's CastleSeries

seriesDiana Wynne Jones3 books1986

Whimsical in tone.

Start with Howl's Moving Castle →

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 Magic Woodland?: Narnia — the closest match to The Magic Woodland on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Magic Woodland?: The Tree That Sat Down. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Magic Woodland.
How big is The Magic Woodland?: The Magic Woodland is 4 books, 1945–1971.
Is The Magic Woodland finished?: Yes — 4 books, 1945–1971.

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