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Books like A Thousand Li: 9 series to read next

A Thousand Li is set in secondary world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

A Thousand Li is 20 books, 2019–2025.

“A Thousand Li is Tao Wong's xianxia progression fantasy, following a protagonist who leaves ordinary life behind to pursue cultivation — training body and spirit to climb a hierarchy of magical power and rank.”
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Earthsea
Tolkien's legendarium
Narnia
The Riftwar
Memory, Sorrow & Thorn
A Thousand Li Universe
World of Septimus Heap
The Kingkiller Chronicle
Dragonlance

EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Fantasy and epic fantasy, reflective in tone, about wizards, set in secondary world.

“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.”
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Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

universe163 books1923

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Before the seas were bent and the mountains raised, there was Music — and from that Music came Arda, and in the west of Middle-earth the long defeat and stubborn hope of those who dwell there.”
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NarniaUniverse

universe38 books1950

Portal fantasy.

“Once there is a wardrobe at the back of a spare room, and behind the fur coats the wood gives way to snow, and a lamp-post burns alone among the trees.”
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The RiftwarUniverse

universe44 books1982

Fantasy and epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“On the world of Midkemia a tear opens in the air itself, a rift hung between stars, and through it march the armies of an empire from another world entirely.”
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Memory, Sorrow & ThornUniverse

universe14 books1988

Epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Winter comes to Osten Ard out of its season, and behind the cold rides something older than the kingdoms of men.”
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A Thousand Li UniverseSeries

seriesTao Wong21 books2019

Set in secondary world.

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World of Septimus HeapSeries

seriesAngie Sage12 books2005

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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.”
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DragonlanceUniverse

universe436 books1984

Fantasy and epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“The gods have kept their silence over Krynn for three hundred years, and the world has learned to make do without them: the dragons are a nursery tale, the old clerics gone, faith worn down to superstition.”
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Start with Dragons of Autumn Twilight →

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 Thousand Li?: Earthsea — the closest match to A Thousand Li on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with A Thousand Li?: The First Step. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for A Thousand Li.
How big is A Thousand Li?: A Thousand Li is 20 books, 2019–2025.

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