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Books like Discworld Plays: 9 series to read next

Discworld Plays is fantasy, set in secondary world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Discworld Plays is 17 books, 1996–2015.

“Death takes on an apprentice who's an individual thinker.”
from the catalogue description of Mort - the Play

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Gentleman Bastard Sequence
World of Ice and Fire
Tolkien's legendarium
Grishaverse
The Carpet People
Tortall
Novaria
Myth Adventures
Zimiamvian Trilogy

Gentleman Bastard SequenceSeries

seriesScott Lynch7 books2006

About con artists and heist.

“The Lies of Locke Lamora and its two sequels braid heist capers with flashbacks tracing how the gang was trained, escalating into a wider conflict involving crime lords and sorcerers.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Lies of Locke Lamora →

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Epic fantasy, dark in tone.

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

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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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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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The Carpet PeopleSeries

seriesTerry Pratchett4 books1971

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about war, set in secondary world.

“The Carpet People imagines an entire civilization of tiny peoples living among the towering fibers of a carpet, where different tribes must set aside old rivalries and unite against a shared threat sweeping through their world.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Carpet People →

TortallUniverse

universe25 books1983

“In Tortall she does it anyway — and earns the right the hard way, through bruises, cold mornings in the training yard, and the slow winning-over of people who swore she'd fail.”
from the catalogue description

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NovariaSeries

seriesL. Sprague de Camp6 books1968

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about political intrigue, set in secondary world.

“The Novarian series is a sequence of fantasy stories by L. Sprague de Camp, published between 1968 and 1989.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Emperor's Fan →

Myth AdventuresSeries

seriesRobert Asprin, Jody Lynn Nye & Phil Foglio33 books1978

Fantasy and humor, funny in tone, set in secondary world.

“After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Another Fine Myth →

Zimiamvian TrilogySeries

seriesE. R. Eddison4 books1922

Epic fantasy.

“Dissolution of the realm seems certain as alliances are formed and begin to intrigue against each other.”
from the catalogue description of Mistress of Mistresses
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Mistress of Mistresses →

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 Discworld Plays?: Gentleman Bastard Sequence — the closest match to Discworld Plays on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Discworld Plays?: Mort - the Play. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Discworld Plays.
How big is Discworld Plays?: Discworld Plays is 17 books, 1996–2015.

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