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Books like DestinyQuest: 9 series to read next

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

DestinyQuest is 4 books, 2012–2024.

“With only a sword and a backpack to your name, you must discover your destiny in an unfamiliar world full of monsters and magic.”
from the catalogue description of The Legion of Shadow

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Tolkien's legendarium
Narnia
The Princess and the Goblin
Shannara
Redwall
The Quest of the Riddle-Master
Moorcock's Multiverse
Sparhawk
Hyborian Age

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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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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The Princess and the GoblinSeries

seriesGeorge MacDonald2 books1871

About coming of age.

“Strahan had published the story and illustrations as a serial in the monthly magazine Good Words for the Young, beginning November 1870.”
from the catalogue description

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ShannaraUniverse

universe50 books1977

Fantasy and epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“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.”
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RedwallUniverse

universe32 books1986

“Ring the Joseph Bell and lay the long tables, for a tale is starting.”
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The Quest of the Riddle-MasterSeries

seriesPatricia A. McKillip3 books1976

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

“Drawing on Celtic myth, the three books are prized for their lyrical prose and riddle-based magic, and are often cited among the best high fantasy of the 1970s.”
from the catalogue description

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Moorcock's MultiverseUniverse

universe102 books1961

Set in secondary world.

“The Multiverse is not one world but an endless lattice of them, worlds folded within worlds, each a variation on the last — and through every one of them walks a single conscripted soul.”
from the catalogue description

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SparhawkUniverse

universe6 books1989

Fantasy and epic 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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Hyborian AgeUniverse

universe242 books1929

Sword and sorcery.

“Earlier still lies the Thurian Age of Kull of Valusia, brooding forerunner to Conan.”
from the catalogue description

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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 DestinyQuest?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to DestinyQuest on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with DestinyQuest?: The Legion of Shadow. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for DestinyQuest.
How big is DestinyQuest?: DestinyQuest is 4 books, 2012–2024.

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