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Books like Four Arts: 9 series to read next

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

Four Arts is 7 books, 2015–2023.

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Twin Crowns
World of Ice and Fire
Celestial Kingdom
Tolkien's legendarium
Narnia
Cosmere
Legacy of Orisha
Kushiel's Legacy Universe
Grishaverse

Twin CrownsSeries

seriesKatherine Webber & Catherine Doyle4 books2022

“Wren Greenrock has always known that one day she would steal her sister's place in the palace.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Twin Crowns →

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Epic fantasy, dark in tone, about war.

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

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Celestial KingdomSeries

seriesSue Lynn Tan4 books2022

Mythic fantasy, about gods.

“Sue Lynn Tan's Celestial Kingdom duology reimagines the Chinese legend of the moon goddess Chang'e, following her daughter Xingyin as she seeks to free her mother from an enchantment binding her to the moon.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Daughter of the Moon Goddess →

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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NarniaUniverse

universe38 books1950

Portal fantasy.

“Once there is a wardrobe at the back of a spare room, and behind the fur coats the wood gives way to snow, and a lamp-post burns alone among the trees.”
from the catalogue description

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CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

Epic fantasy.

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

Start with The Final Empire →

Legacy of OrishaSeries

seriesTomi Adeyemi3 books2018

Epic fantasy, about rebellion and revolution.

“Tomi Adeyemi's Legacy of Orïsha trilogy opens with Children of Blood and Bone, following Zélie, a girl from a persecuted caste of former magic-users, on a quest to restore magic to a kingdom that outlawed and hunted her people.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Children of Blood and Bone →

Kushiel's Legacy UniverseSeries

seriesJacqueline Carey13 books2001

Fantasy, emotional in tone, about political intrigue, set in secondary world.

“Since the series features a fictional version of medieval Western Europe, it can be considered historical fantasy or alternate history.”
from the catalogue description of Earth Begotten

Start with Earth Begotten →

GrishaverseUniverse

universe19 books2012

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

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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 Four Arts?: Twin Crowns — the closest match to Four Arts on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Four Arts?: A Question of Magic. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Four Arts.
How big is Four Arts?: Four Arts is 7 books, 2015–2023.

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