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Books like The Tapestry: 9 series to read next

The Tapestry is fantasy, about magic schools and demons, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Tapestry is 4 books, 2007–2012.

“Max finds a letter in his coat pocket afterwards that leads him to Rowan Academy, a secret school where other gifted students like him go.”
from the catalogue description of The Hound of Rowan

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Tolkien's legendarium
Narnia
His Dark Materials
The Keys to the Kingdom
Watership Down
Fablehaven Universe
The Princess and the Goblin
Redwall
World of Septimus Heap

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.”
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 Keys to the KingdomSeries

seriesGarth Nix7 books2003

Set in otherworld.

Start with Mister Monday →

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 →

Fablehaven UniverseSeries

seriesBrandon Mull12 books2006

About dragons.

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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 →

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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World of Septimus HeapSeries

seriesAngie Sage12 books2005

About wizards.

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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 Tapestry?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to The Tapestry on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Tapestry?: The Hound of Rowan. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Tapestry.
How big is The Tapestry?: The Tapestry is 4 books, 2007–2012.

Books like The Tapestry: 9 series to read next

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