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Books like Chaos Seeds: 9 series to read next

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

Chaos Seeds is 8 books, 2015–2020.

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Darwath
Stephen King multiverse
Tolkien's legendarium
Labyrinth World
Shannara
Earthsea
The Riftwar
Deltora milieu
Malazan

DarwathSeries

seriesBarbara Hambly7 books1982

Dark in tone.

“Darwath begins with two modern-day Californians pulled through a portal into a dying medieval world under siege from the Dark, shape-shifting monsters that hunt by night and are driving civilization underground.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Time of the Dark →

Stephen King multiverseUniverse

universe46 books1967

Dark in tone.

“The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Gunslinger →

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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Labyrinth WorldSeries

seriesAleron Kong10 books2015

Litrpg and fantasy, set in secondary world.

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ShannaraUniverse

universe50 books1977

Epic fantasy.

“Long after the world we know has burned itself to slag in the Great Wars, the Four Lands rise green over the bones of the old age.”
from the catalogue description

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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.”
from the catalogue description

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The RiftwarUniverse

universe44 books1982

Epic fantasy.

“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.”
from the catalogue description

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Deltora milieuSeries

seriesEmily Rodda & Marc McBride53 books1993

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MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

Epic fantasy, dark in tone, about war.

“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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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 Chaos Seeds?: Darwath — the closest match to Chaos Seeds on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Chaos Seeds?: The Land: Founding. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Chaos Seeds.
How big is Chaos Seeds?: Chaos Seeds is 8 books, 2015–2020.

Books like Chaos Seeds: 9 series to read next

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