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Books like Titan: 9 series to read next

Titan is fantasy, about quests, set in secondary world, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Titan is 64 books across 4 series, 1982–2022.

“Titan is the world underneath the gamebooks — the one that had to be drawn properly once too many readers asked where Firetop Mountain actually was.”
from the catalogue description

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Tolkien's legendarium
Narnia
Redwall
The Princess and the Goblin
Deltora milieu
Sparhawk
Fablehaven Universe
Vega Jane
Shannara

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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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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The Princess and the GoblinSeries

seriesGeorge MacDonald2 books1871

About coming of age.

“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

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Deltora milieuSeries

seriesEmily Rodda & Marc McBride53 books1993

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

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SparhawkUniverse

universe6 books1989

Fantasy and epic fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests, set in secondary world.

“Sir Sparhawk is not a young man, and he has little patience for the pageantry his order pretends to.”
from the catalogue description

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Fablehaven UniverseSeries

seriesBrandon Mull12 books2006

About dragons.

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Vega JaneSeries

seriesDavid Baldacci4 books2014

About coming of age.

“There was nothing in the Quag except certain death.”
from the catalogue description of The Finisher
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ShannaraUniverse

universe50 books1977

Fantasy and epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Long after the world we know has burned itself to slag in the Great Wars, the Four Lands rise green over the bones of the old age.”
from the catalogue description

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Why these

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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 Titan?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to Titan on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Titan?: The Warlock of Firetop Mountain. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Titan, which is a whole world rather than one run.
How big is Titan?: Titan is 64 books across 4 series, 1982–2022.

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