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What Redwall-like books are there

Started by daskar666, July 10, 2011, 06:12:35 PM

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FlinkyTheStoat

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I think a lot of Redwall fans would quite enjoy the Edge Chronicles series by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell. They remind me a lot of Redwall in that even though it's nominally a kids' or young-adult series, the scope is huge with battles and such, and it can get quite dark and mature, even violent, at times. I think that juxtaposition is a big part of what drew me into Redwall in the first place, and if anything, Edge Chronicles is even more cynical (with some definite grey characters). The world is set atop an endless cliff (the Edge) and there's tons of really creative creatures (and great illustrations of said creatures), a definite pirate/swashbuckling vibe at times (there's buoyant rocks that they use to make flying ships), and I'd say it's a little bit steampunk as well. Think of the movie Treasure Planet and you're kind of barking up the right tree.

No sentient animals, unfortunately (at least, not everyday ones like we see in Redwall), but it's the first thing that popped into my head when I thought to myself "what do I know that's Redwall-ish?"

The Mask

I love the Edge Chronicles, they're so amazing!
I am a squirrel, an otter, a mouse, a fox, a stoat, a ferret, a weasel, a wildcat, a hare, a hedgehog, a badger; I am the master of disguises, The Mask.

" I will burn the heart out of you." Moriarty, Sherlock

Kitsune

The Eragon series by Christopher Paolini. All the way. Amazing books.

Brinty

Runt The Brave and Runt the hunted by Daniel Schwabauer are really good.
Frodo: "Sam you must understand I'm going alone"
Sam: "Of course you are, and I'm coming with you!"

Hook: "Come on peter pan fly to the rescue and I'll shoot you right through your noble intentions!"

Bard: "You have no right, no right to enter that mountain!"
Thorin: "I have thee only right.

Starla1431

There is a new series called MouseHeart. And there is the Mistmantel series.

SilentSam

;D~~~~Silent~~~~Sam~~~~Squirrel~~~ ;D
HEHE!

I AM SAM ;D
Cicha sam jest najlepszym redwall znaków!

Lady Ashenwyte

Sundered Lands is fantastic and is  somewhat like Redwall. With hedgehogs and the like.
The fastest way to a man's heart- Or anyone's, in fact- Is to tear a hole through their chest.

Indeed. You are as ancient as the soot that choked Pompeii into oblivion, though not quite as uncaring. - Rusvul

Just a butterfly struggling through my chrysalis.

The Skarzs

Is that like the Six Crowns series? I don't know. . . :P
Cave of Skarzs

Cave potato.

Ashleg

Bumping this so I can remind myself to read these because I need this list.

Steelinghades

Well, to add my own little collection of stories with anthromorphic animals.

There's the Son of masguard series, about an otter in a world with various talking animals Ala redwall--with a wolf and coyote being tested main villans for the first book at least--the otter commands a first rate ship of the line--a 18th century style warship with upwards of a hundred guns--with various animals of his crew as he goes exploring for a mystical sceptre to save his kingdom. It is also a lot more fantastical then redwall, since griffins show up at one point.
https://www.goodreads.com/series/152406-the-sons-of-masguard

There's the wicked series, which I haven't had much time to read yet.
https://www.goodreads.com/series/43509-the-wicked-years

There's the spellsinger series which I also haven't had much time to go through.
https://www.goodreads.com/series/40662-spellsinger

There's the welkin weasels series, which I also haven't had much time to go through yet--noticing a pattern?
https://www.goodreads.com/series/54003-welkin-weasels

There's the bunnicula series about a vampire bunny.
https://www.goodreads.com/series/43326-bunnicula

There's the nightshade chronicles, though I haven't gotten a chance to read them.
https://www.goodreads.com/series/54097-nightshade-chronicles

There's the tales of dimwood forest,
https://www.goodreads.com/series/41948-dimwood-forest

There's the gregor the overlander series,
https://www.goodreads.com/series/42783-underland-chronicles

There's the deltora quest series,
https://www.goodreads.com/series/41221-deltora-quest

There's the wildwood chronicles,
https://www.goodreads.com/series/61711-wildwood-chronicles

The last one I can think of is the wild ones series,
https://www.goodreads.com/series/176147-the-wild-ones

Ashleg

I am currently reading the first Nightshade book and I love it. Billycan is awesome, and Killdeer is amusing, and the tension they build between Clover and her surroundings is great. Juniper is very smart, too. I feel like this book is one of few that is able to create characters that are so different yet each as interesting as the other.

The only two I feel lack something are the titular Nightshade Brothers.

Cornflower MM

*That moment when there's "new posts" from 2014 you haven't read*

I shall have to check some of these out.

The Skarzs

Cave of Skarzs

Cave potato.

SoranMBane

Most of the Redwall-like books I remember reading growing up seem to have already been mentioned, but if webcomics count, there is Beyond the Western Deep. It's very Redwall-inspired, by the creators' own admission. Also, during a time when the usual artist was taking a break, they even had a small side story with art done by the well-known Redwall fanartist Jerome Jacinto. Anyone here who hasn't heard of this comic yet should definitely check it out. ^-^

The Skarzs

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