There are some ways in which Narnia is better, mainly as Christian allegory, but it is inferior in a great many others. Tolkien was just better at world-building, deeper in his literary/historical/mythological influences than anybody else who has ever written in this field. https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/1254487480520368129 …
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Tolkien was, frankly, a better writer (at least of fiction) than C.S. Lewis. The Narnia books have their moments of brilliance (eg, Puddleglum's speech, Aslan's deep magic), but Tolkien defines the genre for good reasons.
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I, personally, would probably rank Narnia fourth among the great fantasy epic series I have read, behind (1) Middle-Earth (2) Harry Potter & (3) Thomas Covenant. All four are tremendous works in their own way, with different strengths & shortcomings.
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Narnia is more like the Potter books in terms of its reliance on children as protagonists. It's deeper & more Christian, but also less lively & cohesive as a unified piece of storytelling, shorter on its characters.
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Middle Earth has a complete history, mythology, and has better metaphysics. Also, since it takes place in "Old Testament" times it is less explicitly religious because God is more remote.
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