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Books like Gilgamesh: 9 series to read next

Gilgamesh is mythic fantasy, set in ancient world and middle east. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Gilgamesh is 12 books, 1984–2022.

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Earthsea
Marcus
Theseus
Tolkien's legendarium
Karl Glogauer
Down the Long Wind
Christ the Lord
The Dark Star Trilogy
Golden Apple Trilogy

EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Epic fantasy, about wizards, set in secondary world.

“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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MarcusSeries

seriesRosemary Sutcliff4 books1954

Set in british isles.

“Later books, including The Silver Branch and The Lantern Bearers, follow his descendants through Britain's slow slide out of the Empire.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Eagle of the Ninth →

TheseusSeries

seriesMary Renault2 books1958

Set in mediterranean.

“Renault wrote a sequel, The Bull from the Sea, in 1962.”
from the catalogue description of The King Must Die

Start with The King Must Die →

Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

universe163 books1923

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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Karl GlogauerSeries

seriesMichael Moorcock2 books1969

Science fiction, reflective and dark in tone, about identity.

“Michael Moorcock's two Karl Glogauer novels share a character rather than a plot.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Behold the Man →

Down the Long WindSeries

seriesGillian Bradshaw3 books1980

Set in british isles and medieval.

“Kingdom of Summer and In Winter's Shadow carry the story through the reign's high point and into the betrayals that end it.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Hawk of May →

Christ the LordSeries

seriesAnne Rice2 books2005

About faith and religion.

“Rice wrote the novel after returning to the Catholic Church in 1998.”
from the catalogue description of Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt

Start with Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt →

The Dark Star TrilogySeries

seriesMarlon James2 books2019

About political intrigue, set in secondary world.

“Marlon James's Dark Star Trilogy opens with Black Leopard, Red Wolf, in which a mercenary tracker is hired to find a missing boy and is drawn into a war between kingdoms across a continent built from African history and mythology.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Black Leopard, Red Wolf →

Golden Apple TrilogySeries

seriesEmily Hauser3 books2016

Set in mediterranean and our world.

Start with For the Most Beautiful →

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 Gilgamesh?: Earthsea — the closest match to Gilgamesh on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Gilgamesh?: Gilgamesh the King. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Gilgamesh.
How big is Gilgamesh?: Gilgamesh is 12 books, 1984–2022.

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