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Books like The Sarlak Trilogy: 9 series to read next

The Sarlak Trilogy is fantasy, about chosen one and psychic powers, 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 Sarlak Trilogy is 3 books, 2009–2014.

“Publisher: Five cousins fall asleep in their grandparents' basement and share a dream.”
from the catalogue description of Discovery!

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Tolkien's legendarium
The Dream Fighter Chronicles
The Keys to the Kingdom
Narnia
His Dark Materials
The Princess and the Goblin
Grishaverse
Redwall
Tortall

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 Dream Fighter ChroniclesSeries

seriesCalvin Locke4 books2009

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about chosen one and psychic powers, set in secondary world.

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The Keys to the KingdomSeries

seriesGarth Nix7 books2003

About quests, set in otherworld.

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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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The Princess and the GoblinSeries

seriesGeorge MacDonald2 books1871

About quests.

“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

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GrishaverseUniverse

universe19 books2012

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Saints are canonized here the way soldiers are buried elsewhere — quietly, and too often.”
from the catalogue description

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RedwallUniverse

universe32 books1986

About quests.

“Ring the Joseph Bell and lay the long tables, for a tale is starting.”
from the catalogue description

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TortallUniverse

universe25 books1983

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about coming of age, set in secondary world.

“In Tortall she does it anyway — and earns the right the hard way, through bruises, cold mornings in the training yard, and the slow winning-over of people who swore she'd fail.”
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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 Sarlak Trilogy?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to The Sarlak Trilogy on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Sarlak Trilogy?: Discovery!. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Sarlak Trilogy.
How big is The Sarlak Trilogy?: The Sarlak Trilogy is 3 books, 2009–2014.

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