Books like “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe”

What to read after “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” by C. S. Lewis: a list matched by tropes, mood and atmosphere. Under each book you will see what it has in common.

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1
The Neverending Story
Michael Ende · 1979
From the same world: “Epic Fantasy”
Bastian, a lonely boy, steals a book about the dying world of Fantastica. As he reads he is drawn into it, and discovers that only he can give the Childlike Empress a new name and stop the Nothing from swallowing the land.
2
Malice
John Gwynne · 2012
From the same world: “Epic Fantasy”
The Banished Lands have known peace for years, but old rivalries are waking. Corban, son of a village lord, dreams of becoming a warrior; far away, a princess and a giant's son are caught up in the schemes of kings. A prophecy of the Bright Star and the Black Sun begins to unfold.
3
The Dragonbone Chair
Tad Williams · 1988
From the same world: “Epic Fantasy”
Simon is a kitchen boy in the castle of the Hayholt, who dreams of heroes while the old king's health fails. When betrayal strikes, he flees into a country of trolls and swords, and the fate of Osten Ard falls into unlikely hands.
4
The Fellowship of the Ring
J. R. R. Tolkien · 1954
From the same world: “Epic Fantasy”
- Epic Fantasy
- Betrayal
Frodo inherits a golden ring that is far more than it seems, and learns it is the master ring of the enemy Sauron. With a company of dwarves, elves, men and a hobbit gardener, he sets out to carry it to the only place where it can be destroyed.
5
The Eye of the World
Robert Jordan · 1990
From the same world: “Epic Fantasy”
Three young men from the village of Emond's Field are driven from home by monsters out of legend. Pursued by servants of the Dark One, they learn that one of them may be the Dragon Reborn, destined to save the world or break it.
6
The Hobbit
J. R. R. Tolkien · 1937
From the same world: “Epic Fantasy”
- Epic Fantasy
Bilbo Baggins likes his quiet, well-stocked hole. Then the wizard Gandalf and thirteen dwarves arrive and sweep him off on a journey to reclaim a treasure from the dragon Smaug, and he finds a courage and a ring he never expected.
7
The Once and Future King
T. H. White · 1958
Similar setting: “Medieval Setting”
A boy called Wart is educated by the wizard Merlyn, who turns him into animals so he can learn what it is to be human. He grows into Arthur, king of a divided Britain, and tries to build an order that will outlive him.
8
Pawn of Prophecy
David Eddings · 1982
From the same world: “Epic Fantasy”
Garion grows up on a quiet Sendarian farm, unaware of the forces watching him. When a mysterious storyteller and a royal sorceress arrive, he is drawn into a search for a stolen artefact, travelling with a company that hides its true purpose from him. The old prophecy of the Belgariad has begun to move.
9
Lord Foul's Bane
Stephen R. Donaldson · 1977
From the same world: “Epic Fantasy”
Thomas Covenant, a leper shunned by everyone, is struck down and wakes in the Land, a place where his white gold wedding ring carries power. He refuses to believe any of it is real, even as its people hail him as a saviour.
10
Northern Lights
Philip Pullman · 1995
From the same world: “Epic Fantasy”
- Epic Fantasy
- Chosen One
Lyra Belacqua lives among the scholars of Oxford in a world where every person has an animal companion called a daemon. When children begin to disappear, she travels north with a mysterious instrument and a fierce armored bear to uncover a conspiracy about the substance called Dust.
11
The Riddle-Master of Hed
Patricia A. McKillip · 1976
From the same world: “Epic Fantasy”
- Epic Fantasy
- Chosen One
Morgon, prince of the island of Hed, won a riddle contest against a ghost and now wears three stars on his forehead. When shape-shifters attack and the High One's realm begins to stir, he leaves his farm behind to seek answers about the fate that binds him to a land he has never seen.
12
The Mists of Avalon
Marion Zimmer Bradley · 1982
From the same world: “Epic Fantasy”
The Arthurian legend is told through the women around the throne, above all Morgaine, a priestess of Avalon. As Britain turns to a new faith and a new king, she works to keep the old ways alive and watches the cost of a united kingdom.