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

Forgery of Magic is 3 books, 2019–2023.

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Queen's Thief
Rithmatist
The Last Descendants
Mordant's Need
Kyralia series
Earthsea
The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieu
Seven Kingdoms / Graceling Realm
Grishaverse

Queen's ThiefSeries

seriesMegan Whalen Turner41 books1996

Fantasy, about political intrigue, set in secondary world.

“Megan Whalen Turner's series expands from that single heist into court intrigue and small-scale warfare among a set of Mediterranean-flavored kingdoms, with later books often shifting whose perspective the reader trusts.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Thief →

RithmatistSeries

seriesBrandon Sanderson1 book2013

About murder investigation.

Start with The Rithmatist →

The Last DescendantsSeries

seriesCatherine Banner3 books2008

About family secrets.

“The first book, The Eyes of a King, became the first part of the series The Last Descendants.”
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Start with The Eyes of a King →

Mordant's NeedSeries

seriesStephen R. Donaldson2 books1986

Portal fantasy.

Start with The Mirror of Her Dreams →

Kyralia seriesUniverse

universe8 books2001

About wizards.

“Once a year the magicians of Kyralia sweep the beggars out of the capital, and once a year the beggars throw stones.”
from the catalogue description

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EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Reflective in tone, about wizards.

“There is a lesson every wizard of Earthsea learns young: to know a thing's true name is to hold its whole being, and to speak it is to move the balance of the world.”
from the catalogue description

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The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieuSeries

seriesGarth Nix11 books1995

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

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

Seven Kingdoms / Graceling RealmSeries

seriesKristin Cashore & uncredited6 books2008

Fantasy, about political intrigue and coming of age, set in secondary world.

“Kristin Cashore continued the world with the prequel-adjacent Fire, set in a neighboring land, and the sequel Bitterblue, then extended it further north with Winterkeep and Seasparrow.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Graceling →

GrishaverseUniverse

universe19 books2012

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

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

Questions readers ask

What should I read after Forgery of Magic?: Queen's Thief — the closest match to Forgery of Magic on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Forgery of Magic?: Nocturna. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Forgery of Magic.
How big is Forgery of Magic?: Forgery of Magic is 3 books, 2019–2023.

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