Series

Books like Wilders: 9 series to read next

Wilders is fantasy. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Wilders is 4 books, 2012–2021.

Narnia
Sword of Truth
The Dark Is Rising
The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel
Fionavar Universe
The Secrets of Droon
His Dark Materials
The Revenge of Magic
Earthsea

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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Sword of TruthUniverse

universe27 books1994

Epic fantasy.

“Truth is a blade, and it cuts the hand that grips it carelessly.”
from the catalogue description

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The Dark Is RisingSeries

seriesSusan Cooper5 books1965

Mythic fantasy, set in british isles.

“The first book in the series, Over Sea, Under Stone, was originally conceived as a stand-alone novel, and the sequence gets its name from the second novel in the series, The Dark Is Rising.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Over Sea, Under Stone →

The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas FlamelSeries

seriesMichael Scott15 books2007

About immortality and wizards.

“The first book in the series, The Alchemyst, was released in 2007, and the sequels were released at the rate of one per year, concluding with The Enchantress in 2012.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with The Alchemyst →

Fionavar UniverseSeries

seriesGuy Gavriel Kay5 books1984

Epic fantasy and portal fantasy, emotional in tone.

“Kay lived in the countryside near Aix-en-Provence, the setting of Ysabel, while he wrote it.”
from the catalogue description of Ysabel

Start with Ysabel →

The Secrets of DroonSeries

seriesTony Abbott44 books1999

Portal fantasy, about quests.

“On October 1, 2010, the final book of the series, The Final Quest, was released, concluding its eleven-year run.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Hidden Stairs and the Magic Carpet →

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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The Revenge of MagicSeries

seriesJames Riley5 books2019

“Thirteen years ago, books of magic were discovered in various sites around the world alongside the bones of dragons.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Revenge of Magic →

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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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 Wilders?: Narnia — the closest match to Wilders on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Wilders?: Welcome to Welton. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Wilders.
How big is Wilders?: Wilders is 4 books, 2012–2021.

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