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Books like Forgotten Realms: Shadowbane: 9 series to read next

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

Forgotten Realms: Shadowbane is 3 books, 2009–2012.

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Grishaverse
The Riftwar
World of Ice and Fire
Sword of Truth
Kyralia series
Cosmere
Sparhawk
Earthsea
Lord of the Isles

GrishaverseUniverse

universe19 books2012

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

universe44 books1982

Fantasy and epic 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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World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Dark in tone, about war.

“Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”
from the catalogue description

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Sword of TruthUniverse

universe27 books1994

Fantasy and epic 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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Kyralia seriesUniverse

universe8 books2001

Fantasy and epic fantasy, about political intrigue and wizards, set in secondary world.

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

universe54 books2005

Fantasy and epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

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

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SparhawkUniverse

universe6 books1989

Fantasy and epic 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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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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Lord of the IslesSeries

seriesDavid Drake10 books1997

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

“In 1997, Drake began his largest fantasy series, Lord of the Isles, using elements of Sumerian religion and medieval-era technology.”
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 Forgotten Realms: Shadowbane?: Grishaverse — the closest match to Forgotten Realms: Shadowbane on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Forgotten Realms: Shadowbane?: Downshadow. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Forgotten Realms: Shadowbane.
How big is Forgotten Realms: Shadowbane?: Forgotten Realms: Shadowbane is 3 books, 2009–2012.

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