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Books like Flashing Swords: 9 series to read next

Flashing Swords is fantasy and sword and sorcery, about quests, set in secondary world, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Flashing Swords is 9 books, 1973–2023.

“The revived series featured pieces by newer, lesser-known authors, along with older material by Carter.”
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Tolkien's legendarium
Hyborian Age
Brak the Barbarian
The Crescent Moon Kingdoms
Pusadian
Sun Wolf and Starhawk
Dilvish
Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz
The Primal Land

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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Hyborian AgeUniverse

universe242 books1929

Sword and sorcery and fantasy, adventurous in tone, set in secondary world.

“Earlier still lies the Thurian Age of Kull of Valusia, brooding forerunner to Conan.”
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Brak the BarbarianSeries

seriesJohn Jakes16 books1963

Sword and sorcery and fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests, 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.”
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Start with Brak the Barbarian →

The Crescent Moon KingdomsSeries

seriesSaladin Ahmed1 book2012

Epic fantasy, set in desert.

“A handful of reluctant heroes must uncover the truth behind the killings before the kingdom tears itself apart.”
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Start with Throne of the Crescent Moon →

PusadianSeries

seriesL. Sprague de Camp9 books1951

Fantasy and sword and sorcery, adventurous in tone, about quests, set in secondary world.

“The Pusadian series is a sequence of fantasy stories by L. Sprague de Camp, begun in the early 1950s and written under the influence of Robert E. Howard's Conan stories.”
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Start with The Eye of Tandyla →

Sun Wolf and StarhawkSeries

seriesBarbara Hambly7 books1984

Fantasy and sword and sorcery, adventurous in tone, about wizards, set in secondary world.

“Sun Wolf's partnership with his lieutenant Starhawk carries across The Ladies of Mandrigyn, The Witches of Wenshar, and further volumes as both are drawn deeper into magic neither originally wanted.”
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Start with The Ladies of Mandrigyn →

DilvishSeries

seriesRoger Zelazny13 books1965

Fantasy and sword and sorcery, adventurous in tone, about quests, set in secondary world.

“Centuries ago, the half-elf warrior Dilvish tried to stop a dark sorcerer named Jelerak from completing a terrible ritual, and paid for it by being turned to stone and having his soul cast into Hell.”
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Start with Passage to Dilfar →

Sir Hereward and Mister FitzSeries

seriesGarth Nix11 books2007

Fantasy and sword and sorcery, adventurous in tone, about wizards, set in secondary world.

“Rather than one continuous novel, the series unfolds through linked novellas and short stories gathered into standalone collections, mixing swashbuckling action with dry, understated humor.”
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Start with Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz Go to War Again →

The Primal LandSeries

seriesBrian Lumley5 books1984

Fantasy and sword and sorcery, adventurous in tone, about quests, set in secondary world.

Start with The House of Cthulhu: Tales of the Primal Land: Volume One →

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 Flashing Swords?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to Flashing Swords on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Flashing Swords?: Flashing Swords! #1. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Flashing Swords.
How big is Flashing Swords?: Flashing Swords is 9 books, 1973–2023.

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