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Books like The Magnus Academy: 9 series to read next

The Magnus Academy is fantasy. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Magnus Academy is 1 book, from 2023.

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The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieu
Kyralia series
The Quest of the Riddle-Master
Ile-Rien
Mythago Wood
The Kingkiller Chronicle
Rithmatist
Fionavar Universe
Charlie Bone Universe

The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieuSeries

seriesGarth Nix11 books1995

Start with An Essay on Free Magic: (A manuscript fragment from the Great Library of the Clayr) →

Kyralia seriesUniverse

universe8 books2001

Epic fantasy, about wizards and political intrigue.

“Once a year the magicians of Kyralia sweep the beggars out of the capital, and once a year the beggars throw stones.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

The Quest of the Riddle-MasterSeries

seriesPatricia A. McKillip3 books1976

Epic fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests.

“Drawing on Celtic myth, the three books are prized for their lyrical prose and riddle-based magic, and are often cited among the best high fantasy of the 1970s.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Riddle-Master of Hed →

Ile-RienSeries

seriesMartha Wells12 books1993

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“The Ile-Rien books are a series of fantasy novels by Martha Wells set in the fictional country of Ile-Rien.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Element of Fire →

Mythago WoodSeries

seriesRobert Holdstock7 books1984

Mythic fantasy, eerie in tone, set in contemporary and british isles.

“The first novel follows Stephen Huxley investigating his family's obsession with the wood after his father's death; Holdstock continued the cycle across further novels and stories exploring different characters and eras.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Mythago Wood →

The Kingkiller ChronicleSeries

seriesPatrick Rothfuss8 books2002

“The first two books, The Name of the Wind and The Wise Man's Fear, were released in 2007 and 2011.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Name of the Wind →

RithmatistSeries

seriesBrandon Sanderson1 book2013

Adventurous in tone, about coming of age and murder investigation.

Start with The Rithmatist →

Fionavar UniverseSeries

seriesGuy Gavriel Kay5 books1984

Epic fantasy and portal fantasy, emotional in tone, set in contemporary.

“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 →

Charlie Bone UniverseSeries

seriesJenny Nimmo & uncredited14 books2002

Adventurous in tone, set in contemporary and british isles.

Reading order →

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 Magnus Academy?: The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieu — the closest match to The Magnus Academy on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Magnus Academy?: The Eidolon. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Magnus Academy.
How big is The Magnus Academy?: The Magnus Academy is 1 book, from 2023.

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