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Books like The Wildwood Chronicles: 9 series to read next

The Wildwood Chronicles is fantasy and portal fantasy, about quests, set in contemporary, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Wildwood Chronicles is 3 books, 2011–2014.

“Praised for its illustrations and old-fashioned book design, the trilogy continues across Under Wildwood and Wildwood Imperium.”
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Tolkien's legendarium
Narnia
Foo milieu
The Indian in the Cupboard
Fairyland
His Dark Materials
The Seems
The Tiger's Apprentice
The Night of the Solstice

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.”
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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.”
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Foo milieuSeries

seriesObert Skye7 books2005

Fantasy and portal fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests and coming of age, set in contemporary and otherworld.

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The Indian in the CupboardSeries

seriesLynne Reid Banks5 books1980

Set in our world.

“Lynne Reid Banks' Indian in the Cupboard series begins with the 1980 children's novel in which a boy discovers that an old cupboard can bring his plastic toy figures to life.”
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Start with The Indian in the Cupboard →

FairylandSeries

seriesCatherynne M. Valente7 books2009

Set in fairyland.

“The novels follow a 12-year-old girl named September as she is spirited away from her average life to Fairyland.”
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Start with The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making →

His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about coming of age, 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.”
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The SeemsSeries

seriesJohn Hulme & Michael Wexler3 books2007

Fantasy, adventurous and whimsical in tone, about quests, set in contemporary and parallel universe.

“A fourth book, called A Better Place, has been confirmed, but no release date has been announced yet.”
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Start with The Glitch in Sleep →

The Tiger's ApprenticeSeries

seriesLaurence Yep3 books2003

Urban fantasy.

“Together they must keep the talisman from an enemy who would use its power to destroy the world.”
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Start with The Tiger's Apprentice →

The Night of the SolsticeSeries

seriesL. J. Smith2 books1987

Fantasy and portal fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests.

“Four children set out to rescue a sorceress held captive in a parallel world.”
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Start with The Night of the Solstice →

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 Wildwood Chronicles?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to The Wildwood Chronicles on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Wildwood Chronicles?: Wildwood. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Wildwood Chronicles.
How big is The Wildwood Chronicles?: The Wildwood Chronicles is 3 books, 2011–2014.

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