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Books like Wendy, Darling: 9 series to read next

Wendy, Darling is fantasy and fairy tale retelling. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Wendy, Darling is 2 books, 2021–2022.

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Earthsea
Folktales
Maps in a Mirror: The Short Fiction of Orson Scott Card
His Dark Materials
Kairos
Fillory
Mythago Wood
Tolkien's legendarium
Karou

EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Epic fantasy, 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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FolktalesSeries

seriesRobin McKinley3 books1978

Fantasy and fairy tale retelling, set in secondary world.

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

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Maps in a Mirror: The Short Fiction of Orson Scott CardSeries

seriesOrson Scott Card9 books1979

Science fiction, set in contemporary.

“Like Card's novels, most of the stories have a science fiction or fantasy theme.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Changed Man →

His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

Adventurous in tone, 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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KairosSeries

seriesMadeleine L'Engle11 books1962

Science fiction.

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FillorySeries

seriesLev Grossman7 books2009

Portal fantasy, about magic schools, set in contemporary.

Start with The Magicians →

Mythago WoodSeries

seriesRobert Holdstock7 books1984

Mythic fantasy, eerie in tone, set in contemporary and british isles.

“The first novel follows Stephen Huxley investigating his family's obsession with the wood after his father's death; Holdstock continued the cycle across further novels and stories exploring different characters and eras.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Mythago Wood →

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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KarouSeries

seriesLaini Taylor4 books2011

“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
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Daughter of Smoke & Bone →

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 Wendy, Darling?: Earthsea — the closest match to Wendy, Darling on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Wendy, Darling?: Wendy, Darling. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Wendy, Darling.
How big is Wendy, Darling?: Wendy, Darling is 2 books, 2021–2022.

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