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Books like Eric Brighteyes: 9 series to read next

Eric Brighteyes is fantasy, set in scandinavia and medieval, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Eric Brighteyes is 2 books, 1891–1979.

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The Grail Quest (Bernard Cornwell)
Birthgrave
Narnia
The Celtic Crusades
The Valhalla Saga
Tolkien's legendarium
Tomoe Gozen
Anya
Brak the Barbarian

The Grail Quest (Bernard Cornwell)Series

seriesBernard Cornwell3 books2000

Tense in tone, about war, set in europe.

“Young Thomas of Hookton, the only survivor of a brutal pillaging of his village in 1343, joins the army of King Edward III as they're about to embark on an invasion into France - the beginning of the great Hundred Years War.”
from the catalogue description of Harlequin
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BirthgraveSeries

seriesTanith Lee3 books1975

About identity, set in secondary world.

“The person: a woman awakening from a deathlike sleep.”
from the catalogue description of The Birthgrave

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NarniaUniverse

universe38 books1950

Portal fantasy, set in secondary world.

“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

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The Celtic CrusadesSeries

seriesStephen R. Lawhead3 books1998

About faith and religion, set in europe.

“A Scottish boy travels to Jerusalem to try to regain his family's stolen lands, and ends up saving the relic Iron Lance that pierced Christ's side.”
from the catalogue description of The Iron Lance

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The Valhalla SagaSeries

seriesSnorri Kristjansson4 books2013

Set in medieval and scandinavia.

“Pausing at the Viking town of Stenvik, Ulfar Thormodsson is forced to confront a band of deadly men at the same time King Olav's march on Stenvik is met by a host of raiders under the leadership of a mysterious woman from the north.”
from the catalogue description of Swords of Good Men

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Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

universe163 books1923

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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Tomoe GozenSeries

seriesJessica Amanda Salmonson5 books1981

Mythic fantasy.

“In that world there is an island empire called Naipon, where the gods and demons known only as legends in our Japan roam freely over the land, bringing good and evil to its people as they choose.”
from the catalogue description

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AnyaSeries

seriesSofiya Pasternack2 books2019

About dragons and coming of age, set in eastern europe.

“In the mostly Christian 10th-century village, Anya's family stands out: Her father's father remains pagan, while her mother's people are refugee Khazars and Mountain Jews.”
from the catalogue description of Anya and the Dragon

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Brak the BarbarianSeries

seriesJohn Jakes16 books1963

Set in secondary world.

“John Jakes's Brak the Barbarian follows his own wandering barbarian swordsman, Brak, through sword-and-sorcery adventures modeled on the pulp tradition of the 1930s and '40s but original to Jakes rather than adapted from an earlier author.”
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 Eric Brighteyes?: The Grail Quest (Bernard Cornwell) — the closest match to Eric Brighteyes on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Eric Brighteyes?: Eric Brighteyes. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Eric Brighteyes.
How big is Eric Brighteyes?: Eric Brighteyes is 2 books, 1891–1979.

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