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Books like Drakeforth: 9 series to read next

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

Drakeforth is 4 books, 2014–2021.

“Charlotte' s quest for answers will lead her on a perilous journey into a religion based on Quantum Physics, a hunt for unexpectedly rare plant oil, and a fight to the shame against a black-belt in sarcasm.”
from the catalogue description of Engines of Empathy

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Discworld
Malazan
Dying Earth
Myth Adventures
Tolkien's legendarium
The Circle of the World
World of Ice and Fire
Erewhon
Narnia

DiscworldUniverse

universe84 books1983

Fantasy, funny in tone, set in secondary world.

“Death speaks IN SMALL CAPITALS and rides a horse called Binky.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Guards! Guards! →

MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

Epic fantasy, dark in tone, about war.

“Pity the historian who tries to map this world; pity more the god who thinks he rules it.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

Dying EarthSeries

seriesJack Vance, Jeff VanderMeer, Dan Simmons, Lucius Shepard & Michael Shea27 books1950

About wizards.

“Vance returned to the setting in 1965 and thereafter, making it the first book in the Dying Earth series.”
from the catalogue description of The Dying Earth
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Dying Earth →

Myth AdventuresSeries

seriesRobert Asprin, Jody Lynn Nye & Phil Foglio33 books1978

Humor.

“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 →

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

Reading order →

The Circle of the WorldUniverse

universe29 books2006

Grimdark.

“What sets it apart is the honesty of its cynicism — close, sardonic points of view, gallows humour, and a flat refusal to let anyone stay clean.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Blade Itself →

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Epic fantasy, dark in tone, about war.

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

Reading order →

ErewhonSeries

seriesSamuel Butler4 books1872

Literary & general and satire, reflective in tone, about class conflict.

Start with Erewhon, or, Over the Range →

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

Reading order →

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 Drakeforth?: Discworld — the closest match to Drakeforth on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Drakeforth?: Engines of Empathy. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Drakeforth.
How big is Drakeforth?: Drakeforth is 4 books, 2014–2021.

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