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Books like The World Gates: 9 series to read next

The World Gates is fantasy and portal fantasy, about transported to another world, set in contemporary. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The World Gates is 3 books, 2002–2004.

“Lauren Dane discovers a doorway to another reality in Cat Creek, North Carolina -- and she crosses over, driven by a strange compulsion she can neither resist nor comprehend.”
from the catalogue description of Memory of Fire

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Fionavar Universe
Talisman
House of Secrets
Dreamhouse Kings
Beyond the Circle
100 Cupboards
Alfred Kropp
His Dark Materials
Narnia

Fionavar UniverseSeries

seriesGuy Gavriel Kay5 books1984

Emotional in tone.

“Kay lived in the countryside near Aix-en-Provence, the setting of Ysabel, while he wrote it.”
from the catalogue description of Ysabel

Start with Ysabel →

TalismanSeries

seriesStephen King, Peter Straub & Robin Furth4 books1984

Fantasy and portal fantasy, set in contemporary and north america.

“Stephen King and Peter Straub's The Talisman follows twelve-year-old Jack Sawyer as he crosses between our world and the Territories, a parallel realm, on a cross-country quest to save his dying mother.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Talisman →

House of SecretsSeries

seriesChris Columbus, Ned Vizzini & Chris Rylander3 books2013

Adventure.

“Rights to the book were sold in 12 foreign territories.”
from the catalogue description

Start with House of Secrets →

Dreamhouse KingsSeries

seriesRobert Liparulo6 books2008

Time travel.

Start with House of Dark Shadows →

Beyond the CircleSeries

seriesTed Dekker2 books2018

About chosen one and prophecy.

“Still others that the gateway to that greater reality was and is only the stuff of dreams.”
from the catalogue description of The 49th Mystic

Start with The 49th Mystic →

100 CupboardsSeries

seriesN. D. Wilson4 books2007

Start with The Door Before →

Alfred KroppSeries

seriesRick Yancey3 books2005

About coming of age and magical artifacts.

“Rick Yancey's Alfred Kropp trilogy follows the teenage title character through three young-adult fantasy-adventure novels.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp →

His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

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.”
from the catalogue description

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NarniaUniverse

universe38 books1950

“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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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 World Gates?: Fionavar Universe — the closest match to The World Gates on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The World Gates?: Memory of Fire. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The World Gates.
How big is The World Gates?: The World Gates is 3 books, 2002–2004.
Is The World Gates finished?: Yes — 3 books, 2002–2004.

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