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Books like Forgotten Realms: Lost Empires: 9 series to read next

Forgotten Realms: Lost Empires is set in secondary world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Forgotten Realms: Lost Empires is 4 books, 1998–2000.

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Tolkien's legendarium
Cosmere
The Riftwar
Sparhawk
Sword of Truth
Earthsea
Shannara
The Quest of the Riddle-Master
Millennium's Rule

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

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CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Before the worlds, there was Adonalsium, and then there was not.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Final Empire →

The RiftwarUniverse

universe44 books1982

Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

“On the world of Midkemia a tear opens in the air itself, a rift hung between stars, and through it march the armies of an empire from another world entirely.”
from the catalogue description

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SparhawkUniverse

universe6 books1989

Epic fantasy and fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests, set in secondary world.

“Sir Sparhawk is not a young man, and he has little patience for the pageantry his order pretends to.”
from the catalogue description

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Sword of TruthUniverse

universe27 books1994

Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

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

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EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Reflective in tone.

“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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ShannaraUniverse

universe50 books1977

Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

“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

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The Quest of the Riddle-MasterSeries

seriesPatricia A. McKillip3 books1976

Epic fantasy and fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests, set in secondary world.

“Drawing on Celtic myth, the three books are prized for their lyrical prose and riddle-based magic, and are often cited among the best high fantasy of the 1970s.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Riddle-Master of Hed →

Millennium's RuleSeries

seriesTrudi Canavan4 books2014

Epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Trudi Canavan follows both of them as their discoveries chip away at what their worlds have taught them about magic, history, and who holds power.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Thief's Magic →

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 Forgotten Realms: Lost Empires?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to Forgotten Realms: Lost Empires on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Forgotten Realms: Lost Empires?: The Lost Library of Cormanthyr. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Forgotten Realms: Lost Empires.
How big is Forgotten Realms: Lost Empires?: Forgotten Realms: Lost Empires is 4 books, 1998–2000.

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