If the way Coco learns to draw precise glyphs—and how a single misplaced stroke can upend everything—hooked you, you'll love the chalk-line duels in The Rithmatist. Joel and Melody study geometric defenses and sigils that fight as living "chalklings," echoing Coco's meticulous spell circles and the atelier's constant drills. The thrill of watching a clever diagram turn the tide, much like Coco improvising during the lake dragon crisis, is front and center here.

Miss the atelier's test days and the way Coco, Agott, Tetia, and Richeh bond under pressure? A Deadly Education drops you into the Scholomance, where classes and projects can literally eat you. The tense teamwork and clever problem-solving—like the apprentices coordinating spells against the dragon—resonate as El navigates brutal coursework, group projects, and competitions where preparation and wit matter as much as raw power.

If you loved Coco’s evolving relationship with Qifrey—the guidance, secrets, and painstaking craft—The Paper Magician centers on Ceony's apprenticeship under the enigmatic Emery Thane. The hands-on lessons, dangerous experiments, and the way a mentor’s past complicates the present mirror Coco’s atelier days and the hidden history around Qifrey and the Brimmed Caps.

Drawn to how Coco’s inked diagrams can command water, stone, or cloth—and how the Brimmed Caps twist those rules? In Foundryside, scrivings are written commands that convince objects to defy physics. Watching Sancia and a motley crew hack the logic of reality recalls the atelier’s inventive spellwork and the way precise symbols, like Coco’s carefully inked circles, can be both wondrous and dangerous.

If Coco’s accidental spell that petrified her mother—and the Brimmed Caps’ forbidden magic—made you think about responsibility, A Wizard of Earthsea will resonate. Ged’s reckless act unleashes a shadow he must spend years understanding and correcting. Like Coco learning why rules exist beyond mere tradition, Ged’s journey is a meditation on restraint, names, and the cost of power.