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Books like Dragon Wars (Craig Halloran): 9 series to read next

Dragon Wars (Craig Halloran) is epic fantasy, set in secondary world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Dragon Wars (Craig Halloran) is 20 books, 2020–2021.

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Tolkien's legendarium
Earthsea
The Riftwar
Shannara
Sword of Truth
World of Ice and Fire
Dragonlance
Memory, Sorrow & Thorn
Forgotten Realms

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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EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Reflective in tone.

“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.”
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The RiftwarUniverse

universe44 books1982

Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

“On the world of Midkemia a tear opens in the air itself, a rift hung between stars, and through it march the armies of an empire from another world entirely.”
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ShannaraUniverse

universe50 books1977

Epic fantasy and 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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Sword of TruthUniverse

universe27 books1994

Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Truth is a blade, and it cuts the hand that grips it carelessly.”
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World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

About political intrigue.

“Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”
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DragonlanceUniverse

universe436 books1984

Epic fantasy and 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

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Memory, Sorrow & ThornUniverse

universe14 books1988

Epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Winter comes to Osten Ard out of its season, and behind the cold rides something older than the kingdoms of men.”
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Forgotten RealmsUniverse

universe526 books1987

Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Come in from the cold and mind the door — the wind off the Sword Coast has teeth.”
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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 Dragon Wars (Craig Halloran)?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to Dragon Wars (Craig Halloran) on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Dragon Wars (Craig Halloran)?: Blood Brothers. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Dragon Wars (Craig Halloran).
How big is Dragon Wars (Craig Halloran)?: Dragon Wars (Craig Halloran) is 20 books, 2020–2021.

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