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Books like Eberron: 9 series to read next

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

Eberron is 46 books across 14 series, 2005–2012.

“Down in the City of Towers the lightning rail hums into its berth, everbright lanterns smear the fog, and a soldier home from a war nobody won takes a job he already regrets.”
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World of Ice and Fire
Cosmere
The Riftwar
Forgotten Realms
Grishaverse
Sword of Truth
Tolkien's legendarium
Dragonlance
Skalan Saga

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Epic fantasy and fantasy, dark in tone, about political intrigue and war, set in secondary world.

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

universe54 books2005

Fantasy and epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Before the worlds, there was Adonalsium, and then there was not.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Final Empire →

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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Forgotten RealmsUniverse

universe526 books1987

Fantasy and epic 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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GrishaverseUniverse

universe19 books2012

“Saints are canonized here the way soldiers are buried elsewhere — quietly, and too often.”
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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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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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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

Start with Dragons of Autumn Twilight →

Skalan SagaSeries

seriesLynn Flewelling17 books1996

Fantasy, about political intrigue, set in secondary world.

Start with Perfection →

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 Eberron?: World of Ice and Fire — the closest match to Eberron on what it is about, not on what sells.
How big is Eberron?: Eberron is 46 books across 14 series, 2005–2012.

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