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Books like Cormac Mac Art: 9 series to read next

Cormac Mac Art is sword and sorcery and fantasy. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Cormac Mac Art is 13 books, 1969–1995.

“Robert E. Howard wrote the earliest stories before his death, and Andrew J. Offutt later completed unfinished fragments and added new novels to round out the sequence.”
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Hyborian Age
Narnia
Bran Mak Morn
Peter Pan
Tolkien's legendarium
The Dragon and the George
Damiano
Forgotten Realms
Kane

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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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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Bran Mak MornSeries

seriesRobert E. Howard, David C. Smith, Karl Edward Wagner, Richard L. Tierney, Steven L. Shrewsbury & Tim Curran16 books1927

Fantasy.

“Howard wrote the character across a handful of stories in the 1920s-30s rather than a continuous novel-length arc.”
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Start with The Lost Race →

Peter PanUniverse

universe112 books1902

Fantasy.

“Second star to the right, and straight on till morning — and there it is, the island that every child dreams once and then, growing up, contrives to forget.”
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Start with Peter Pan →

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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The Dragon and the GeorgeSeries

seriesGordon R. Dickson10 books1957

Portal fantasy, about dragons and transported to another world.

“George the Dragon-Slayer', and in part a reference to the latter.”
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Start with The Dragon and the George →

DamianoSeries

seriesR. A. MacAvoy3 books1984

Emotional in tone, about angels and demons, set in renaissance and early modern.

“R. A. MacAvoy's trilogy continues through Damiano's Lute and Raphael, later collected as A Trio for Lute, and was praised for its light touch with small-scale magic set against real cruelty.”
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Forgotten RealmsUniverse

universe526 books1987

Epic fantasy.

“Come in from the cold and mind the door — the wind off the Sword Coast has teeth.”
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KaneSeries

seriesKarl Edward Wagner25 books1970

Dark fantasy.

“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 ... →

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.

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What should I read after Cormac Mac Art?: Hyborian Age — the closest match to Cormac Mac Art on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Cormac Mac Art?: Tigers of the Sea. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Cormac Mac Art.
How big is Cormac Mac Art?: Cormac Mac Art is 13 books, 1969–1995.

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