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Books like Will Hawthorne: 9 series to read next

Will Hawthorne is fantasy, set in secondary world, adventurous and tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Will Hawthorne is 4 books, 2009–2013.

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Narnia
Abarat
The Riftwar
World of Ice and Fire
Underland Chronicles
A Wizard in Rhyme
His Dark Materials
The Dragon and the George
Grishaverse

NarniaUniverse

universe38 books1950

“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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AbaratSeries

seriesClive Barker3 books2002

About coming of age, set in islands.

“The Books of Abarat are a series of young adult fantasy novels written and illustrated by English writer and visual artist Clive Barker.”
from the catalogue description
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The RiftwarUniverse

universe44 books1982

Epic fantasy.

“On the world of Midkemia a tear opens in the air itself, a rift hung between stars, and through it march the armies of an empire from another world entirely.”
from the catalogue description

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World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Epic fantasy, dark in tone.

“Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”
from the catalogue description

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Underland ChroniclesSeries

seriesSuzanne Collins5 books2003

Epic fantasy, about coming of age, set in underground & caves.

“The Underland is inhabited by humans who traveled below hundreds of years ago, along with various giant versions of creatures like bats, cockroaches, and rats.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Gregor the Overlander →

A Wizard in RhymeSeries

seriesChristopher Stasheff8 books1986

About wizards.

“Matt Mantrell is an English major who gets transported to a different world where magic works by rhyme.”
from the catalogue description of Her Majesty's Wizard
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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 Dragon and the GeorgeSeries

seriesGordon R. Dickson10 books1957

About dragons.

“George the Dragon-Slayer', and in part a reference to the latter.”
from the catalogue description
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GrishaverseUniverse

universe19 books2012

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Saints are canonized here the way soldiers are buried elsewhere — quietly, and too often.”
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 Will Hawthorne?: Narnia — the closest match to Will Hawthorne on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Will Hawthorne?: Act of Will. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Will Hawthorne.
How big is Will Hawthorne?: Will Hawthorne is 4 books, 2009–2013.

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