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Books like Mort

If you liked Mort by Terry Pratchett, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.

  1. The Color of Magic

    Terry Pratchett · 1983 · Discworld #1

    Because same series (Discworld #1); also by Terry Pratchett; shares tags: fantasy, comedy, satire.

    A failed wizard guides a tourist across a flat world on a turtle, with comic fantasy chaos.

  2. Wizard's First Rule

    Terry Goodkind · 1994 · Sword of Truth #1

    Because shares tags: fantasy, magic.

    Woods guide Richard joins Kahlan and wizard Zedd to find the Boxes of Orden before Darken Rahl, learning why people believe lies.

  3. Uprooted

    Naomi Novik · 2015

    Because shares tags: fantasy, magic.

    The Dragon takes messy Agnieszka instead of perfect Kasia to his tower, and she must learn wild magic to face the corrupt Wood.

  4. The Shadow Rising

    Robert Jordan · 1992 · The Wheel of Time #4

    Because shares tags: fantasy, magic.

    Rand the Dragon heads for Rhuidean with the Aiel, while Perrin defends the Two Rivers and Elayne and Nynaeve hunt trouble in Tanchico.

  5. The Atlas Six

    Olivie Blake · 2020 · The Atlas Six #1

    Because shares tags: fantasy, magic.

    Six rival magicians join the Alexandrian Society where five survive.

  6. The Alloy of Law

    Brandon Sanderson · 2011 · Mistborn #4

    Because shares tags: fantasy, magic.

    Wax and Wayne chase Vanishers by rail in a gunpowder Mistborn city 300 years later.

  7. Life, the Universe and Everything

    Douglas Adams · 1982 · The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #3

    Because shares tags: comedy, satire.

    Arthur in slippers must stop cricket robots from rebuilding the Wikkit Gate.

  8. Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell

    Susanna Clarke · 2004

    Because shares tags: fantasy, magic.

    Two magicians bring magic back to Napoleonic England, one by books and one by daring.

  9. Children of Blood and Bone

    Tomi Adeyemi · 2018 · Legacy of Orisha #1

    Because shares tags: fantasy, magic.

    White haired Zelie chases magic return with princess Amari hunted by Inan.

  10. A Curse for True Love

    Stephanie Garber · 2023 · Once Upon a Broken Heart #3

    Because shares tags: fantasy, magic.

    Evangeline wakes married with no memory of Jacks while Apollo and Jacks hunt.

  11. Finale

    Stephanie Garber · 2019 · Caraval #3

    Because shares tags: fantasy, magic.

    Sisters face waking Fates with debts due, loving princes, and choices that break immortal math.

  12. The Silver Chair

    C. S. Lewis · 1953 · Chronicles of Narnia #4

    Because shares tags: fantasy, magic.

    Eustace and Jill retold: four signs, a lost prince, Puddleglum the Marsh-wiggle, giants at Harfang, and the Lady below.

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