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Think Narnia, Alice, Peter, and the like. Person falls/flies/climbs, etc, through a portal, and finds themselves in a world quite different than they're used to.
Common in children's/YA fiction, but not as much for adult.

Presently reading Seanan McGuire's offering to the ranks.
Also, love The Neverending Story, which fits nicely in this subsection.

I'm just really curious about books I may be missing that fit this description?

I'm thinking there is a series by Terry someone or other. Present day guy finds himself in an old style kingdom with Paladins and Kings. I'm desperately searching for his name.

FOUND IT!

Magic Kingdom for Sale--Sold! by Terry Brooks.

That's the first in the series. A guy named Ben Holiday purchases a magic kingdom named Landover but finds it has some issues. I remember reading this a long time ago. I think it was pretty good, but it's been a while. It's worth a try anyway.

I'll have to give it a look. Thank you!

His Dark Materials, by Philip Pullman, feature a portal to travel to other worlds in his multiverse. Still not for adults, and you are right. I cant think of any fantasy for adults that have portals as a major theme. Now I'm curious as well.

Anirudh Badri wrote:His Dark Materials, by Philip Pullman, feature a portal to travel to other worlds in his multiverse. Still not for adults, and you are right. I cant think of any fantasy for adults that have portals as a major theme. Now I'm curious as well.

Most likely because adults (usually) don't dream of falling down the rabbit hole/flying off to neverland/climbing through the wardrobe. Or perhaps they do and just won't admit it, even to themselves.

I just realized that Peculiar Children fits in this catagory.

Black by Ted Dekker is along those lines, except there isn't really a portal. A man falls asleep in this world, and wakes up in another. When he's in one world, he thinks the other is simply a dream world, until he falls asleep the next time...

I know its not exactly what you've asked for, but I also enjoy portal-type fiction, and this appealed to the same interests as Narnia and Peter Pan did, for me.

Angela Stripes wrote:Black by Ted Dekker is along those lines, except there isn't really a portal. A man falls asleep in this world, and wakes up in another. When he's in one world, he thinks the other is simply a dream world, until he falls asleep the next time...

I know its not exactly what you've asked for, but I also enjoy portal-type fiction, and this appealed to the same interests as Narnia and Peter Pan did, for me.

I actually have that waiting for me. Maybe I'll have to bump it up the list.

That's awesome! Yeah I really enjoyed it.

Also, the series Pendragon by D.J MacHale uses portals. I don't know why I didn't think of it before, but it's one of my favorites. Book one is The Merchant of Death.