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Books like Die Nibelungen: 9 series to read next

Die Nibelungen is set in mythological world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Die Nibelungen is 20 books, 1843–2017.

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Tolkien's legendarium
Earthsea
The Sea of Trolls
Narnia
Celestial Kingdom
The Dark Star Trilogy
Heroes in Training
Stephen King multiverse
Dragonlance

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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EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

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 Sea of TrollsSeries

seriesNancy Farmer3 books2004

Mythic fantasy and fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests and coming of age, set in secondary world.

“Nancy Farmer's trilogy, continuing through The Land of the Silver Apples and The Islands of the Blessed, sends Jack further into Norse myth, eventually as far as the realm of the giants, Jötunheimr.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Sea of Trolls →

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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Celestial KingdomSeries

seriesSue Lynn Tan4 books2022

Mythic fantasy and fantasy, emotional in tone, about gods, set in secondary world.

“Sue Lynn Tan's Celestial Kingdom duology reimagines the Chinese legend of the moon goddess Chang'e, following her daughter Xingyin as she seeks to free her mother from an enchantment binding her to the moon.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Daughter of the Moon Goddess →

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 →

Heroes in TrainingSeries

seriesJoan Holub, Suzanne Williams & Tracey West18 books2012

Mythic fantasy and fantasy, adventurous in tone, about gods and quests, set in mythological world.

“When ten-year-old Zeus is kidnapped, he discovers he can defend himself with a magical thunderbolt.”
from the catalogue description of Zeus and the Thunderbolt of Doom

Start with Zeus and the Thunderbolt of Doom →

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 →

DragonlanceUniverse

universe436 books1984

Fantasy and epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“The gods have kept their silence over Krynn for three hundred years, and the world has learned to make do without them: the dragons are a nursery tale, the old clerics gone, faith worn down to superstition.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Dragons of Autumn Twilight →

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 Die Nibelungen?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to Die Nibelungen on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Die Nibelungen?: The Rhinegold. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Die Nibelungen.
How big is Die Nibelungen?: Die Nibelungen is 20 books, 1843–2017.

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