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A Practical Guide to Sorcery is fantasy, set in secondary world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

A Practical Guide to Sorcery is 8 books, 2021–2025.

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The Kingkiller Chronicle
Ile-Rien
The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieu
Kyralia series
Wizard World
Earthsea
Magic by the Numbers
Magisterium
Discworld

The Kingkiller ChronicleSeries

seriesPatrick Rothfuss8 books2002

“The first two books, The Name of the Wind and The Wise Man's Fear, were released in 2007 and 2011.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with The Name of the Wind →

Ile-RienSeries

seriesMartha Wells12 books1993

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“The Ile-Rien books are a series of fantasy novels by Martha Wells set in the fictional country of Ile-Rien.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with The Element of Fire →

The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieuSeries

seriesGarth Nix11 books1995

Start with An Essay on Free Magic: (A manuscript fragment from the Great Library of the Clayr) →

Kyralia seriesUniverse

universe8 books2001

Epic fantasy, about political intrigue.

“Once a year the magicians of Kyralia sweep the beggars out of the capital, and once a year the beggars throw stones.”
from the catalogue description

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Wizard WorldSeries

seriesRoger Zelazny & Kelly McCullough3 books1980

Adventurous in tone, about identity.

“Torn between the two, Pol has to master an art he was never trained for in order to survive his own inheritance.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Changeling →

EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Epic fantasy, reflective in tone.

“There is a lesson every wizard of Earthsea learns young: to know a thing's true name is to hold its whole being, and to speak it is to move the balance of the world.”
from the catalogue description

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Magic by the NumbersSeries

seriesLyndon Hardy10 books1980

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Alodar was a mere apprentice thaumaturge, learning the least of the five arts of magic.”
from the catalogue description of Master of the Five Magics

Start with Master of the Five Magics →

MagisteriumSeries

seriesCassandra Clare & Holly Black5 books2014

Adventurous in tone, about coming of age, set in underground & caves.

“All his life, Call has been warned by his father to stay away from magic.”
from the catalogue description of The Iron Trial
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Start with The Iron Trial →

DiscworldUniverse

universe84 books1983

Funny in tone.

“Death speaks IN SMALL CAPITALS and rides a horse called Binky.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Guards! Guards! →

Why these

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Shared terms are not a promise that a book feels the same. Two series can be far-future political intrigue and read nothing alike — what the ranking can say is what they are about, and each card says which parts it shares.

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What should I read after A Practical Guide to Sorcery?: The Kingkiller Chronicle — the closest match to A Practical Guide to Sorcery on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with A Practical Guide to Sorcery?: A Conjuring of Ravens. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for A Practical Guide to Sorcery.
How big is A Practical Guide to Sorcery?: A Practical Guide to Sorcery is 8 books, 2021–2025.

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