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Books like Witch World Stories: 9 series to read next

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

Witch World Stories is 10 books, 1980–1990.

“Witch World Stories gathers the multi-author anthology volumes set in Andre Norton's Witch World, the science-fantasy setting she introduced in 1963 and later opened to other writers.”
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Narnia
Tolkien's legendarium
The Kingkiller Chronicle
Earthsea
Howl's Castle
Sword and Sorceress
Sun Wolf and Starhawk
Magic Kingdom of Landover
Stephen King multiverse

NarniaUniverse

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.”
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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.”
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The Kingkiller ChronicleSeries

seriesPatrick Rothfuss8 books2002

“The first two books, The Name of the Wind and The Wise Man's Fear, were released in 2007 and 2011.”
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Start with The Name of the Wind →

EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Fantasy and epic fantasy, reflective in tone, about wizards, set in secondary world.

“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.”
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Howl's CastleSeries

seriesDiana Wynne Jones3 books1986

Whimsical in tone.

Start with Howl's Moving Castle →

Sword and SorceressSeries

seriesMarion Zimmer Bradley, Elisabeth Waters, Deborah J. Ross, Diana L. Paxson & Rachel E. Holmen34 books1984

Fantasy and sword and sorcery, adventurous in tone, set in secondary world.

“As she explained in the foreword to the first volume, she created the anthology to redress the lack of strong female protagonists in the subgenre of sword and sorcery.”
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Start with Sword and Sorceress →

Sun Wolf and StarhawkSeries

seriesBarbara Hambly7 books1984

Fantasy and sword and sorcery, adventurous in tone, about wizards, set in secondary world.

“Sun Wolf's partnership with his lieutenant Starhawk carries across The Ladies of Mandrigyn, The Witches of Wenshar, and further volumes as both are drawn deeper into magic neither originally wanted.”
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Start with The Ladies of Mandrigyn →

Magic Kingdom of LandoverSeries

seriesTerry Brooks8 books1986

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Written in 1986, it tells the story of how Ben Holiday, a talented but depressed Chicago trial lawyer, comes to be king of Landover, an otherworldly magical kingdom.”
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Start with Magic Kingdom for Sale—Sold! →

Stephen King multiverseUniverse

universe46 books1967

Dark in tone.

“The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.”
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Start with The Gunslinger →

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.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after Witch World Stories?: Narnia — the closest match to Witch World Stories on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Witch World Stories?: Tales of the Witch World. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Witch World Stories.
How big is Witch World Stories?: Witch World Stories is 10 books, 1980–1990.

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