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Books like TombQuest: 9 series to read next

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

TombQuest is 5 books, 2015–2016.

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Tolkien's legendarium
Watership Down
Alfred Kropp
Seven Wonders
Artemis Fowl
House of Secrets
Alderley
Varjak Paw
His Dark Materials

Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

universe163 books1923

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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Watership DownSeries

seriesRichard Adams21 books1972

About 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 →

Alfred KroppSeries

seriesRick Yancey3 books2005

About coming of age.

“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 →

Seven WondersSeries

seriesPeter Lerangis10 books2013

Fantasy and adventure, adventurous in tone, about quests, set in contemporary.

“Jack McKinley discovers a secret organization on a hidden island, and becomes the leader of a mission to retrieve seven lost magical orbs.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Colossus Rises →

Artemis FowlSeries

seriesEoin Colfer15 books2001

About fae.

“As of 2013, the novels have sold more than 21 million copies in 44 languages, and are one of the best-selling series of all time.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with LEPrecon →

House of SecretsSeries

seriesChris Columbus, Ned Vizzini & Chris Rylander3 books2013

Portal fantasy, about transported to another world.

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

Start with House of Secrets →

AlderleySeries

seriesAlan Garner4 books1960

Mythic fantasy.

“The three books span most of Garner's writing life rather than forming one continuous trilogy.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Weirdstone of Brisingamen →

Varjak PawSeries

seriesS. F. Said2 books2003

About coming of age.

Start with Varjak Paw →

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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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 TombQuest?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to TombQuest on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with TombQuest?: Book of the Dead. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for TombQuest.
How big is TombQuest?: TombQuest is 5 books, 2015–2016.

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