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Books like Firkin: 9 series to read next

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

Firkin is 5 books, 1993–1995.

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Discworld
Magic Kingdom of Landover
Myth Adventures
Ebenezum & Wuntvor
Dying Earth
Tolkien's legendarium
A Wizard in Rhyme
Wizardry
Balumnia

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! →

Magic Kingdom of LandoverSeries

seriesTerry Brooks8 books1986

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Written in 1986, it tells the story of how Ben Holiday, a talented but depressed Chicago trial lawyer, comes to be king of Landover, an otherworldly magical kingdom.”
from the catalogue description of Magic Kingdom for Sale—Sold!
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Magic Kingdom for Sale—Sold! →

Myth AdventuresSeries

seriesRobert Asprin, Jody Lynn Nye & Phil Foglio33 books1978

Fantasy and humor, funny in tone, set in secondary world.

“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 →

Ebenezum & WuntvorSeries

seriesCraig Shaw Gardner10 books1978

Fantasy and humor, funny in tone, set in secondary world.

Reading order →

Dying EarthSeries

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

Fantasy, about wizards, set in secondary world.

“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 →

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 →

A Wizard in RhymeSeries

seriesChristopher Stasheff8 books1986

Portal fantasy, adventurous in tone, about transported to another world.

“Matt Mantrell is an English major who gets transported to a different world where magic works by rhyme.”
from the catalogue description of Her Majesty's Wizard
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Start with Her Majesty's Wizard →

WizardrySeries

seriesRick Cook5 books1989

Fantasy, funny in tone, about wizards, set in secondary world.

“The 'Wiz Biz' omnibus titles collect these same novels rather than adding new story.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Wizard's Bane →

BalumniaSeries

seriesJames P. Blaylock4 books1982

Fantasy, whimsical in tone, set in secondary world.

“Scientific explanation depends on such tongue-in-cheek concepts as The Five Standard Shapes, The Three Major Urges, and The Six Links of Bestial Sciences.”
from the catalogue description of The Elfin Ship

Start with The Elfin Ship →

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 Firkin?: Discworld — the closest match to Firkin on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Firkin?: The Sorcerer's Appendix. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Firkin.
How big is Firkin?: Firkin is 5 books, 1993–1995.

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