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Books like Darkover anthologies: 9 series to read next

Darkover anthologies is science fantasy and fantasy, about psychic powers, set in secondary world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Darkover anthologies is 20 books, 1980–2023.

“The stories are set in Bradley's world of Darkover.”
from the catalogue description of The Keeper's Price and Other Stories

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The Broken Earth
The Chronicles of Tornor
Majipoor
Earthsea
Iron Widow
Apprentice Adept
His Dark Materials
Tolkien's legendarium
Dune

The Broken EarthSeries

seriesN. K. Jemisin5 books2014

Dark in tone, about ecological collapse.

“N. K. Jemisin's Broken Earth trilogy is set on the Stillness, a single supercontinent wracked every few centuries by civilization-ending climate catastrophes called Fifth Seasons.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Fifth Season →

The Chronicles of TornorSeries

seriesElizabeth A. Lynn3 books1979

Fantasy, about coming of age, set in secondary world.

Start with Watchtower →

MajipoorSeries

seriesRobert Silverberg & Matthew J. Costello29 books1980

Science fantasy.

“The setting is a mixture of science fiction and fantasy elements.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Lord Valentine's Castle →

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

Reading order →

Iron WidowSeries

seriesXiran Jay Zhao2 books2021

Dark in tone.

“Xiran Jay Zhao's Iron Widow reimagines the rise of Chinese Empress Wu Zetian as a mecha-piloting heroine in Huaxia, a futuristic reinvention of Medieval China.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Iron Widow →

Apprentice AdeptSeries

seriesPiers Anthony7 books1980

Set in parallel universe.

“Phaze is a lush planet of magic, where Proton is a barren mining planet of science.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Split Infinity →

His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

Set in parallel universe.

“In a world like ours and unlike it, every human soul walks outside the body in the shape of an animal — a daemon, who speaks, who cannot be lied to, and who settles into one fixed form only when childhood ends.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

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

Reading order →

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Space opera.

“The desert planet, where empire runs on a single substance: the spice melange, which folds space, prolongs life, and unlocks prescience, and which exists nowhere else in the known universe.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Dune →

Why these

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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 Darkover anthologies?: The Broken Earth — the closest match to Darkover anthologies on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Darkover anthologies?: The Keeper's Price and Other Stories. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Darkover anthologies.
How big is Darkover anthologies?: Darkover anthologies is 20 books, 1980–2023.

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