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Books like Gandalara: 9 series to read next

Gandalara 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.

Gandalara is 7 books, 1981–1986.

“Vicki Ann Heydron is an American writer of speculative fiction and poetry.”
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Tolkien's legendarium
Sparhawk
Hyborian Age
Narnia
The Crescent Moon Kingdoms
Pusadian
Tiger and Del
Deltora milieu
Redwall

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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SparhawkUniverse

universe6 books1989

Epic fantasy.

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

universe242 books1929

Fantasy and sword and sorcery, 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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NarniaUniverse

universe38 books1950

“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.”
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The Crescent Moon KingdomsSeries

seriesSaladin Ahmed1 book2012

Epic fantasy, about wizards and monster hunting.

“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 →

Tiger and DelSeries

seriesJennifer Roberson10 books1985

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

“Jennifer Roberson's fantasy series pairs Tiger, a desert-born sword-dancer from the south, with Del, a Northern swordswoman trained in her own tradition of blade-magic, as reluctant partners across a hostile borderland.”
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Start with Sword-Dancer →

Deltora milieuSeries

seriesEmily Rodda & Marc McBride53 books1993

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RedwallUniverse

universe32 books1986

“Ring the Joseph Bell and lay the long tables, for a tale is starting.”
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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 Gandalara?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to Gandalara on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Gandalara?: The Steel of Raithskar. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Gandalara.
How big is Gandalara?: Gandalara is 7 books, 1981–1986.

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