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Books like Dragonvein: 9 series to read next

Dragonvein 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.

Dragonvein is 5 books, 2015–2017.

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Tolkien's legendarium
Memory, Sorrow & Thorn
World of Ice and Fire
Earthsea
Dragonlance
Shannara
Zimiamvian Trilogy
The Riftwar
Sparhawk

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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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.”
from the catalogue description

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World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Dark in tone, about political intrigue.

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

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Zimiamvian TrilogySeries

seriesE. R. Eddison4 books1922

About political intrigue and court intrigue.

“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
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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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SparhawkUniverse

universe6 books1989

Epic fantasy and 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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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 Dragonvein?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to Dragonvein on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Dragonvein?: Dragonvein: Book One. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Dragonvein.
How big is Dragonvein?: Dragonvein is 5 books, 2015–2017.

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