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Books like Trylle Universe: 9 series to read next

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

Trylle Universe is 9 books, 2010–2021.

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Karou
His Dark Materials
Books of Bayern
Seven Kingdoms / Graceling Realm
Earthsea
Crave (Tracy Wolff)
The Powerless Trilogy
Seraphina Universe
Folktales

KarouSeries

seriesLaini Taylor4 books2011

Fantasy, emotional in tone, set in secondary world.

“From copyright page: Seventeen year old Karou, a lovely, enigmatic art student in a Prague boarding school, carries a sketchbook of hideous, frightening monsters - the chimerae who form the only family she has ever known.”
from the catalogue description of Daughter of Smoke & Bone
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Start with Daughter of Smoke & Bone →

His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

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

Reading order →

Books of BayernSeries

seriesShannon Hale4 books2003

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about coming of age, set in secondary world.

“Later volumes, including Enna Burning and River Secrets, follow other members of her found family through their own magical talents.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Goose Girl →

Seven Kingdoms / Graceling RealmSeries

seriesKristin Cashore & uncredited6 books2008

Fantasy, about coming of age and political intrigue, set in secondary world.

“Kristin Cashore continued the world with the prequel-adjacent Fire, set in a neighboring land, and the sequel Bitterblue, then extended it further north with Winterkeep and Seasparrow.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Graceling →

EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Epic fantasy, 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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Crave (Tracy Wolff)Series

seriesTracy Wolff7 books2020

About vampires.

“Nothing is right about this place or the other students in it.”
from the catalogue description of Crave

Start with Crave →

The Powerless TrilogySeries

seriesLauren Roberts5 books2023

Fantasy and romantasy, set in secondary world.

“Lauren Roberts' trilogy, beginning with Powerless, was later expanded with a further Fearless duology set in the same world.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Powerless →

Seraphina UniverseSeries

seriesRachel Hartman6 books2012

Fantasy, about identity, set in secondary world.

Start with Among Ghosts →

FolktalesSeries

seriesRobin McKinley3 books1978

Fairy tale retelling.

“Almost 20 years later, McKinley returned to the same material with her 1997 novel Rose Daughter.”
from the catalogue description of Beauty

Start with Beauty →

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 Trylle Universe?: Karou — the closest match to Trylle Universe on what it is about, not on what sells.
How big is Trylle Universe?: Trylle Universe is 9 books, 2010–2021.

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