If you loved watching Alanna grind through page lessons, learn to control her Gift, and deal with the fallout of rash choices—like the Black City confrontation with the Ysandir—then Ged’s years on Roke in A Wizard of Earthsea will hit the same sweet spot. You’ll follow a talented student whose pride unleashes a shadow he must outwit and outgrow, much as Alanna must master both sword and sorcery under Sir Myles’ guidance and survive trials that her training only partly prepares her for.

Alanna’s disguise as “Alan” to claim a knight’s path is echoed in The Privilege of the Sword, where Katherine is handed a blade and pushed into a world that insists she shouldn’t belong. If you enjoyed Alanna sparring in the practice yards, keeping her secret among Prince Jonathan’s circle, and matching wits with nobles like Duke Roger, you’ll relish Katherine fencing through intrigue, duels, and scandal—proving skill and nerve matter more than the rules of her society.

Like Alanna defying convention to earn her place among Tortall’s knights, Harry in The Blue Sword is trained to fight, discovers a latent gift, and leads when no one expects her to. If the camaraderie with Prince Jonathan, Coram, and George—and the way Alanna seizes agency in the Black City—won you over, you’ll love Harry forging bonds with the Hillfolk, mastering the saddle and sword, and stepping into a destiny everyone else thought was off-limits.

If the stealthy edge of Alanna’s world—her friendship with George the King of Thieves and the risky journey to the Black City—hooked you, The Thief delivers a crafty, twisty quest in spades. Gen’s snark, hidden depths, and a mission to steal a sacred artifact echo the blend of daring and danger you enjoyed, while the slow reveal of political games will scratch that itch for intrigue that lurked behind Alanna’s adventures at court.

If you were all in on Alanna’s page-to-squire grind—the drills, oaths, and proving herself against doubters—Paksenarrion’s journey in Sheepfarmer’s Daughter offers that same satisfying climb. You’ll follow her from enlistment to hardened campaigner, facing brutal training, battlefield tests, and the pull of a higher calling, much like Alanna honing both blade and Gift on the way to knighthood while earning the respect of comrades and mentors like Sir Myles and Coram.