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Books like Arkana Sword and Sorcery: 9 series to read next

Arkana Sword and Sorcery is sword and sorcery, set in secondary world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Arkana Sword and Sorcery is 2 books, from 2021.

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Hyborian Age
Tolkien's legendarium
Earthsea
Narnia
Pusadian
Tiger and Del
Kane
The Princess and the Goblin
Moorcock's Multiverse

Hyborian AgeUniverse

universe242 books1929

Sword and sorcery and fantasy, adventurous in tone, set in secondary world.

“Earlier still lies the Thurian Age of Kull of Valusia, brooding forerunner to Conan.”
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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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EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Epic fantasy, 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.”
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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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PusadianSeries

seriesL. Sprague de Camp9 books1951

Sword and sorcery and fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests, set in secondary world.

“The Pusadian series is a sequence of fantasy stories by L. Sprague de Camp, begun in the early 1950s and written under the influence of Robert E. Howard's Conan stories.”
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Start with The Eye of Tandyla →

Tiger and DelSeries

seriesJennifer Roberson10 books1985

Sword and sorcery and fantasy, adventurous in tone, set in secondary world.

“Jennifer Roberson's fantasy series pairs Tiger, a desert-born sword-dancer from the south, with Del, a Northern swordswoman trained in her own tradition of blade-magic, as reluctant partners across a hostile borderland.”
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Start with Sword-Dancer →

KaneSeries

seriesKarl Edward Wagner25 books1970

Dark fantasy, dark in tone.

“Most Kane tales are sword and sorcery with strong elements of gothic horror and set in a grim, pre-medieval world which is nonetheless ancient and rich in history.”
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Start with Darkness Weaves with Many Shades ... →

The Princess and the GoblinSeries

seriesGeorge MacDonald2 books1871

About coming of age.

“Strahan had published the story and illustrations as a serial in the monthly magazine Good Words for the Young, beginning November 1870.”
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Moorcock's MultiverseUniverse

universe102 books1961

Set in secondary world.

“The Multiverse is not one world but an endless lattice of them, worlds folded within worlds, each a variation on the last — and through every one of them walks a single conscripted soul.”
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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 Arkana Sword and Sorcery?: Hyborian Age — the closest match to Arkana Sword and Sorcery on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Arkana Sword and Sorcery?: Kradak the Champion. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Arkana Sword and Sorcery.
How big is Arkana Sword and Sorcery?: Arkana Sword and Sorcery is 2 books, from 2021.

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