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Books like Dragonlords: 9 series to read next

Dragonlords is fantasy and epic fantasy, about dragons, 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.

Dragonlords is 4 books, 1995–2012.

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Tolkien's legendarium
The Riftwar
Halfblood Chronicles
Dragon Trilogies
World of Ice and Fire
Wings of Fire
Sparhawk
Grishaverse
Earthsea

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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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.”
from the catalogue description

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Halfblood ChroniclesSeries

seriesAndre Norton & Mercedes Lackey3 books1991

About elves and wizards.

“Elvenbred, the fourth book in the series, remained unfinished due to the death of Andre Norton.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

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Dragon TrilogiesSeries

seriesMelanie Rawn6 books1988

Tense in tone.

“The Dragon Prince trilogy focuses on Prince Rohan of the Desert and his Sunrunner wife, Sioned, while the Dragon Star trilogy focuses on their son, Pol.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

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World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Dark in tone, about war.

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

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Wings of FireSeries

seriesTui T. Sutherland24 books2012

“Raised under the mountain within the Claws of the Clouds Mountains.”
from the catalogue description of The Dragonet Prophecy
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Dragonet Prophecy →

SparhawkUniverse

universe6 books1989

About quests.

“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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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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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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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 Dragonlords?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to Dragonlords on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Dragonlords?: The Last Dragonlord. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Dragonlords.
How big is Dragonlords?: Dragonlords is 4 books, 1995–2012.

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