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Books like Elysium Texts: 9 series to read next

Elysium Texts is fantasy. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Elysium Texts is 3 books, 2011–2014.

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The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieu
Sword of Truth
Tolkien's legendarium
Fionavar Universe
Shannara
The Tapestry
The Advent Trilogy
Five Children Universe
Stephen King multiverse

The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieuSeries

seriesGarth Nix11 books1995

Start with An Essay on Free Magic: (A manuscript fragment from the Great Library of the Clayr) →

Sword of TruthUniverse

universe27 books1994

Epic fantasy.

“Truth is a blade, and it cuts the hand that grips it carelessly.”
from the catalogue description

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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.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

Fionavar UniverseSeries

seriesGuy Gavriel Kay5 books1984

Epic fantasy and portal fantasy, emotional in tone.

“Kay lived in the countryside near Aix-en-Provence, the setting of Ysabel, while he wrote it.”
from the catalogue description of Ysabel

Start with Ysabel →

ShannaraUniverse

universe50 books1977

Epic fantasy.

“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

Reading order →

The TapestrySeries

seriesHenry H. Neff4 books2007

About demons.

“Max finds a letter in his coat pocket afterwards that leads him to Rowan Academy, a secret school where other gifted students like him go.”
from the catalogue description of The Hound of Rowan

Start with The Hound of Rowan →

The Advent TrilogySeries

seriesJames Treadwell3 books2012

Eerie in tone, set in british isles.

“Warded from earth, air, water, fire, spirits, thought and sight.”
from the catalogue description of Advent

Start with Advent →

Five Children UniverseSeries

seriesE. Nesbit, Helen Cresswell & Kate Saunders27 books1902

Set in early 20th century and british isles.

“Neither book is by Nesbit herself, and the two have no direct connection to each other beyond both drawing on her creation.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Return of the Psammead →

Stephen King multiverseUniverse

universe46 books1967

Dark in tone.

“The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Gunslinger →

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 Elysium Texts?: The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieu — the closest match to Elysium Texts on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Elysium Texts?: The Hermetica of Elysium. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Elysium Texts.
How big is Elysium Texts?: Elysium Texts is 3 books, 2011–2014.

Books like Elysium Texts: 9 series to read next

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