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Books like White Giraffe: 9 series to read next

White Giraffe is adventure, set in africa and contemporary, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

White Giraffe is 4 books, 2007–2009.

“Just as Martine is settling into life at Sawubona, the wildlife game reserve, with her grandmother and Jemmy, her white giraffe, she must leave for two weeks on a school trip off the coast of South Africa.”
from the catalogue description of Dolphin Song

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Tarzan
Narnia
Ranger's Apprentice
Tolkien's legendarium
Jungle Book
Alexander Cold
Watership Down
Seven Wonders
Order of the Stones

TarzanUniverse

universe100 books1912

Set in early 20th century.

“Deep in a jungle no map has tamed, an English lord's orphaned son is suckled by a she-ape and grows to manhood knowing neither his name nor his kind.”
from the catalogue description

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NarniaUniverse

universe38 books1950

Portal fantasy, set in secondary world.

“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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Ranger's ApprenticeUniverse

universe42 books2004

Set in secondary world.

“A Ranger is not a wizard, whatever the villagers whisper.”
from the catalogue description

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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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Jungle BookUniverse

universe44 books1893

Set in 19th century and jungle.

“The Law of the Jungle is older than any animal reciting it, and a naked man-cub who wandered into a wolf den at dusk will have to learn every clause of it.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Jungle Book →

Alexander ColdSeries

seriesIsabel Allende3 books2002

About expeditions, set in our world.

“Walden Media acquired the novel's movie rights in 2006, but no film has yet been produced.”
from the catalogue description of City of the Beasts

Start with City of the Beasts →

Watership DownSeries

seriesRichard Adams21 books1972

About found family, set in our world.

“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 →

Seven WondersSeries

seriesPeter Lerangis10 books2013

Adventure and fantasy, 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
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Start with The Colossus Rises →

Order of the StonesSeries

seriesMark Cheverton1 book2023

About demons and madness, set in our world and parallel universe.

“Cameron Poole has a problem, a big problem: he's a bully magnet who struggles with anxiety.”
from the catalogue description of Facing the Beast Within: The Anxiety of Cameron Poole

Start with Facing the Beast Within: The Anxiety of Cameron Poole →

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 White Giraffe?: Tarzan — the closest match to White Giraffe on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with White Giraffe?: Dolphin Song. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for White Giraffe.
How big is White Giraffe?: White Giraffe is 4 books, 2007–2009.

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