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Books like Buried Goddess Saga: 9 series to read next

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

Buried Goddess Saga is 6 books, 2018–2020.

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Sparhawk
Malazan
Cosmere
World of Ice and Fire
Lord of the Isles
Tolkien's legendarium
Renshai Universe
The Poppy War
Between Earth and Sky

SparhawkUniverse

universe6 books1989

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

“Sir Sparhawk is not a young man, and he has little patience for the pageantry his order pretends to.”
from the catalogue description

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MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

Dark in tone.

“Pity the historian who tries to map this world; pity more the god who thinks he rules it.”
from the catalogue description

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CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

Epic fantasy and 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 →

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Dark in tone.

“Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”
from the catalogue description

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Lord of the IslesSeries

seriesDavid Drake10 books1997

Epic fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests, set in secondary world.

“In 1997, Drake began his largest fantasy series, Lord of the Isles, using elements of Sumerian religion and medieval-era technology.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Lord of the Isles →

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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Renshai UniverseSeries

seriesMickey Zucker Reichert9 books1992

Epic fantasy, adventurous in tone, set in secondary world.

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The Poppy WarSeries

seriesR. F. Kuang4 books2018

Grimdark, dark in tone.

“The Poppy War follows Rin, a war orphan who tests into an elite military academy and discovers a talent for shamanic power tied to a pantheon of vengeful gods.”
from the catalogue description

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Between Earth and SkySeries

seriesRebecca Roanhorse3 books2020

Dark in tone, about prophecy.

“The winter solstice is usually a time for celebration and renewal, but this year it coincides with a solar eclipse, a rare celestial event proscribed by the Sun Priest as an unbalancing of the world.”
from the catalogue description of Black Sun
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Start with Black Sun →

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 Buried Goddess Saga?: Sparhawk — the closest match to Buried Goddess Saga on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Buried Goddess Saga?: Web of Eyes. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Buried Goddess Saga.
How big is Buried Goddess Saga?: Buried Goddess Saga is 6 books, 2018–2020.

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