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Books like Agora: 9 series to read next

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

Agora is 3 books, 2009–2013.

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Tolkien's legendarium
Kyralia series
Grishaverse
Earthsea
Narnia
The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieu
Cosmere
Raybearer
The Ivory Key

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.”
from the catalogue description

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Kyralia seriesUniverse

universe8 books2001

About wizards.

“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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GrishaverseUniverse

universe19 books2012

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Saints are canonized here the way soldiers are buried elsewhere — quietly, and too often.”
from the catalogue description

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EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Reflective in tone, about wizards.

“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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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.”
from the catalogue description

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The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieuSeries

seriesGarth Nix11 books1995

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

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

CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

Fantasy and epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Before the worlds, there was Adonalsium, and then there was not.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Final Empire →

RaybearerSeries

seriesJordan Ifueko3 books2020

Fantasy and epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Redemptor continues her reign as empress, dealing with the political and spiritual fallout of the choices she made, while The Maid and the Crocodile follows a different protagonist in the same world.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Raybearer →

The Ivory KeySeries

seriesAkshaya Raman2 books2022

About magical artifacts and sibling rivalry.

Start with The Ivory Key →

Why these

No sales rank, no star ratings, no readers also bought.

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.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after Agora?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to Agora on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Agora?: The Midnight Charter. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Agora.
How big is Agora?: Agora is 3 books, 2009–2013.

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