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Books like The Squire's Tales: 9 series to read next

The Squire's Tales is fantasy and mythic fantasy, about quests, set in medieval, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Squire's Tales is 10 books, 1998–2010.

“Life for the young orphan Terence has been peaceful, living with Trevecent the old Hermit in a quiet, isolated wood.”
from the catalogue description of The Squire's Tale

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Tolkien's legendarium
Narnia
The Sea of Trolls
Redwall
Watership Down
The Princess and the Goblin
Fablehaven Universe
Ranger's Apprentice
The Keys to the Kingdom

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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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.”
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The Sea of TrollsSeries

seriesNancy Farmer3 books2004

“Nancy Farmer's trilogy, continuing through The Land of the Silver Apples and The Islands of the Blessed, sends Jack further into Norse myth, eventually as far as the realm of the giants, Jötunheimr.”
from the catalogue description

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RedwallUniverse

universe32 books1986

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests, set in secondary world.

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

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Watership DownSeries

seriesRichard Adams21 books1972

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

“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

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The Princess and the GoblinSeries

seriesGeorge MacDonald2 books1871

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

“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 →

Fablehaven UniverseSeries

seriesBrandon Mull12 books2006

About dragons.

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Ranger's ApprenticeUniverse

universe42 books2004

Adventure.

“A Ranger is not a wizard, whatever the villagers whisper.”
from the catalogue description

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The Keys to the KingdomSeries

seriesGarth Nix7 books2003

About chosen one, set in otherworld.

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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 Squire's Tales?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to The Squire's Tales on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Squire's Tales?: The Squire's Tale. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Squire's Tales.
How big is The Squire's Tales?: The Squire's Tales is 10 books, 1998–2010.

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