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Books like The Magnificent 12: 9 series to read next

The Magnificent 12 is fantasy, about chosen one and quests, set in contemporary, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Magnificent 12 is 4 books, 2010–2013.

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Tolkien's legendarium
Artemis Fowl
Watership Down
Alfred Kropp
The Dark Is Rising
The Indian in the Cupboard
Young Wizards
Rats of NIMH
Pandava

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.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

Artemis FowlSeries

seriesEoin Colfer15 books2001

About fae.

“As of 2013, the novels have sold more than 21 million copies in 44 languages, and are one of the best-selling series of all time.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with LEPrecon →

Watership DownSeries

seriesRichard Adams21 books1972

About survival and found family, set in countryside & village.

“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 →

Alfred KroppSeries

seriesRick Yancey3 books2005

“Rick Yancey's Alfred Kropp trilogy follows the teenage title character through three young-adult fantasy-adventure novels.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp →

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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Start with Over Sea, Under Stone →

The Indian in the CupboardSeries

seriesLynne Reid Banks5 books1980

Portal fantasy.

“Lynne Reid Banks' Indian in the Cupboard series begins with the 1980 children's novel in which a boy discovers that an old cupboard can bring his plastic toy figures to life.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Indian in the Cupboard →

Young WizardsSeries

seriesDiane Duane24 books1983

About wizards.

“Across fifteen books published between 1983 and 2019, the two age forward in something close to real time as their missions escalate from New York streets to alien worlds and beyond.”
from the catalogue description

Start with So You Want to Be a Wizard →

Rats of NIMHSeries

seriesJane Leslie Conly & Robert C. O'Brien3 books1971

About survival.

“All three carry forward the original's interest in community, responsibility, and the costs of intelligence.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH →

PandavaSeries

seriesRoshani Chokshi5 books2018

Mythic fantasy, about gods.

“The next books are Aru Shah and the Song of Death, Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes, Aru Shah and the City of Gold, and Aru Shah and the Nectar of Immortality.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Aru Shah and the End of Time →

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.

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What should I read after The Magnificent 12?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to The Magnificent 12 on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Magnificent 12?: The Call. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Magnificent 12.
How big is The Magnificent 12?: The Magnificent 12 is 4 books, 2010–2013.

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