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Books like Gilead Lothain: 9 series to read next

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

Gilead Lothain is 5 books, 1997–2013.

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Sword of Truth
Grishaverse
The Riftwar
The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieu
World of Ice and Fire
Cosmere
Memory, Sorrow & Thorn
The Golden Key (Rawn)
The Ancestor

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.”
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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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The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieuSeries

seriesGarth Nix11 books1995

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

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

About war.

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

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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

Start with The Final Empire →

Memory, Sorrow & ThornUniverse

universe14 books1988

Epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Winter comes to Osten Ard out of its season, and behind the cold rides something older than the kingdoms of men.”
from the catalogue description

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The Golden Key (Rawn)Series

seriesMelanie Rawn, Jennifer Roberson & Kate Elliott2 books1996

Set in secondary world.

Start with The Golden Key →

The AncestorSeries

seriesMark Lawrence4 books2017

Dark fantasy, about coming of age.

“The three novels tell the story of Nona Grey, a peasant girl with mystical abilities.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Red Sister →

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.

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What should I read after Gilead Lothain?: Sword of Truth — the closest match to Gilead Lothain on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Gilead Lothain?: Gilead's Blood. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Gilead Lothain.
How big is Gilead Lothain?: Gilead Lothain is 5 books, 1997–2013.

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