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Books like Wizard World: 9 series to read next

Wizard World is fantasy, about wizards and identity, set in secondary world, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Wizard World is 3 books, 1980–2017.

“Torn between the two, Pol has to master an art he was never trained for in order to survive his own inheritance.”
from the catalogue description

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Tolkien's legendarium
Narnia
Earthsea
Spellsinger
Mordant's Need
Howl's Castle
The Quest of the Riddle-Master
A Wizard in Rhyme
Damar

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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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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EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Epic fantasy, reflective in tone.

“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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SpellsingerSeries

seriesAlan Dean Foster9 books1983

About quests and music.

“Alan Dean Foster's Spellsinger series follows Jon-Tom, a UCLA law student pulled into a fantasy world by the wizard Clothahump, where he discovers he can cast spells by singing along with his guitar.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Spellsinger →

Mordant's NeedSeries

seriesStephen R. Donaldson2 books1986

About political intrigue.

Start with The Mirror of Her Dreams →

Howl's CastleSeries

seriesDiana Wynne Jones3 books1986

Whimsical in tone.

Start with Howl's Moving Castle →

The Quest of the Riddle-MasterSeries

seriesPatricia A. McKillip3 books1976

Epic fantasy, about quests.

“Drawing on Celtic myth, the three books are prized for their lyrical prose and riddle-based magic, and are often cited among the best high fantasy of the 1970s.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Riddle-Master of Hed →

A Wizard in RhymeSeries

seriesChristopher Stasheff8 books1986

Fantasy and portal fantasy, adventurous in tone, about wizards and transported to another world, set in secondary world.

“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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Start with Her Majesty's Wizard →

DamarSeries

seriesRobin McKinley6 books1982

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about coming of age, set in secondary world.

“Robin McKinley's Damar novels are set in a desert kingdom threatened by invasion from the north.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Hero and the Crown →

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 Wizard World?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to Wizard World on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Wizard World?: Changeling. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Wizard World.
How big is Wizard World?: Wizard World is 3 books, 1980–2017.

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