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Books like Wonder Tales: 9 series to read next

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

Wonder Tales is 4 books, 2016–2020.

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Peter Pan
Narnia
The Land of Stories
Earthsea
Tolkien's legendarium
Discworld
Howl's Castle
The Faraway Tree
The Sea of Trolls

universe112 books1902

Fantasy.

“Second star to the right, and straight on till morning — and there it is, the island that every child dreams once and then, growing up, contrives to forget.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Peter Pan →

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.”
from the catalogue description

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The Land of StoriesSeries

seriesChris Colfer13 books2012

“Colfer started plans for a prequel series in 2016, and has since published three books in this series, beginning with A Tale of Magic... in 2019.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with The Wishing Spell →

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

Reading order →

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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DiscworldUniverse

universe84 books1983

Funny in tone.

“Death speaks IN SMALL CAPITALS and rides a horse called Binky.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Guards! Guards! →

Howl's CastleSeries

seriesDiana Wynne Jones3 books1986

Fantasy, whimsical and adventurous in tone, set in secondary world.

Start with Howl's Moving Castle →

The Faraway TreeSeries

seriesEnid Blyton & Jacqueline Wilson16 books1939

Portal fantasy.

Start with The Enchanted Wood →

The Sea of TrollsSeries

seriesNancy Farmer3 books2004

About coming of age.

“Nancy Farmer's trilogy, continuing through The Land of the Silver Apples and The Islands of the Blessed, sends Jack further into Norse myth, eventually as far as the realm of the giants, Jötunheimr.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Sea of Trolls →

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 Wonder Tales?: Peter Pan — the closest match to Wonder Tales on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Wonder Tales?: Faerie Fruit. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Wonder Tales.
How big is Wonder Tales?: Wonder Tales is 4 books, 2016–2020.

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