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Books like The Wild Magic: 9 series to read next

The Wild Magic is fantasy, set in secondary world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Wild Magic is 3 books, 2018–2020.

“Celine Kiernan's The Wild Magic trilogy opens with Begone the Raggedy Witches, a children's fantasy novel about witches, and continues across The Little Grey Girl and The Promise Witch.”
from the catalogue description

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Narnia
Tolkien's legendarium
Birthgrave
Russian / Jewish Fairy Tales Retold
Abarat
Earthsea
The Doomspell Trilogy
Magic Kingdom of Landover
The Keys to the Kingdom

NarniaUniverse

universe38 books1950

Fantasy and portal fantasy, set in secondary world.

“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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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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BirthgraveSeries

seriesTanith Lee3 books1975

About revenge and identity.

“The person: a woman awakening from a deathlike sleep.”
from the catalogue description of The Birthgrave

Start with The Birthgrave →

Russian / Jewish Fairy Tales RetoldSeries

seriesNaomi Novik4 books2015

Fairy tale retelling.

“The two books share no characters or setting, only Novik's method of building a novel around one inherited folk tale.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Excerpt from Uprooted →

AbaratSeries

seriesClive Barker3 books2002

Set in islands.

“The Books of Abarat are a series of young adult fantasy novels written and illustrated by English writer and visual artist Clive Barker.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Abarat →

EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Reflective in tone, about wizards.

“There is a lesson every wizard of Earthsea learns young: to know a thing's true name is to hold its whole being, and to speak it is to move the balance of the world.”
from the catalogue description

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The Doomspell TrilogySeries

seriesCliff McNish3 books2000

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, set in secondary world.

“Cliff McNish is an English author of fantasy and supernatural novels for young adults.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Doomspell →

Magic Kingdom of LandoverSeries

seriesTerry Brooks8 books1986

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Written in 1986, it tells the story of how Ben Holiday, a talented but depressed Chicago trial lawyer, comes to be king of Landover, an otherworldly magical kingdom.”
from the catalogue description of Magic Kingdom for Sale—Sold!
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Magic Kingdom for Sale—Sold! →

The Keys to the KingdomSeries

seriesGarth Nix7 books2003

About quests and chosen one.

Start with Mister Monday →

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 Wild Magic?: Narnia — the closest match to The Wild Magic on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Wild Magic?: Begone the Raggedy Witches. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Wild Magic.
How big is The Wild Magic?: The Wild Magic is 3 books, 2018–2020.

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