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Books like Coop: 9 series to read next

Coop is fantasy and mythic fantasy, about dark lord, set in secondary world, dark in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Coop is 2 books, 1978–1985.

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Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever
Tolkien's legendarium
The Dark Star Trilogy
Narnia
World of Ice and Fire
Earthsea
Corona
The Second Apocalypse
Grishaverse

Thomas Covenant the UnbelieverSeries

seriesStephen R. Donaldson11 books1977

Epic fantasy, about quests.

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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.”
from the catalogue description

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The Dark Star TrilogySeries

seriesMarlon James2 books2019

About political intrigue.

“Marlon James's Dark Star Trilogy opens with Black Leopard, Red Wolf, in which a mercenary tracker is hired to find a missing boy and is drawn into a war between kingdoms across a continent built from African history and mythology.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Black Leopard, Red Wolf →

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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World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Epic fantasy, about political intrigue.

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

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EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Epic fantasy, 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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CoronaUniverse

universe19 books1997

Epic fantasy.

“Beneath the sacred gemstones of the Abellican Church — a ruby to loose fire, malachite to lift a body into the air, the soul-stone to slip free of it — a ranger raised by elves and the woman he loves stand against a waking demon.”
from the catalogue description

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The Second ApocalypseSeries

seriesR. Scott Bakker11 books2003

Epic fantasy and grimdark, about political intrigue.

Start with The Knife of Many Hands →

GrishaverseUniverse

universe19 books2012

“Saints are canonized here the way soldiers are buried elsewhere — quietly, and too often.”
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 Coop?: Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever — the closest match to Coop on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Coop?: The Book of the Dun Cow. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Coop.
How big is Coop?: Coop is 2 books, 1978–1985.
Is Coop finished?: Yes — 2 books, 1978–1985.

Books like Coop: 9 series to read next

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