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Books like Glory Road: 9 series to read next

Glory Road is fantasy, about quests, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Glory Road is 2 books, 1963–1988.

“A veteran of the US military finds himself enlisted in a sword and sorcery style quest by a beautiful warrior empress from a coalition of different universes.”
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Narnia
His Dark Materials
Tolkien's legendarium
Three Hearts and Three Lions
Spellsinger
Quag Keep
The Princess and the Goblin
Green Star Rises
Stephen King multiverse

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.”
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His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

About coming of age.

“In a world like ours and unlike it, every human soul walks outside the body in the shape of an animal — a daemon, who speaks, who cannot be lied to, and who settles into one fixed form only when childhood ends.”
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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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Three Hearts and Three LionsSeries

seriesHarry Turtledove, Poul Anderson & Tad Williams3 books1961

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about transported to another world, set in secondary world.

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SpellsingerSeries

seriesAlan Dean Foster9 books1983

Portal fantasy, about music.

“Alan Dean Foster's Spellsinger series follows Jon-Tom, a UCLA law student pulled into a fantasy world by the wizard Clothahump, where he discovers he can cast spells by singing along with his guitar.”
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Quag KeepSeries

seriesAndre Norton & Jean Rabe2 books1978

Portal fantasy.

“Andre Norton's Quag Keep holds a notable place in gaming history as the first novel set in Gary Gygax's World of Greyhawk, written after Norton took part in an actual Dungeons & Dragons session with Gygax himself.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Quag Keep →

The Princess and the GoblinSeries

seriesGeorge MacDonald2 books1871

About coming of age.

“Strahan had published the story and illustrations as a serial in the monthly magazine Good Words for the Young, beginning November 1870.”
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Green Star RisesSeries

seriesLin Carter5 books1972

Science fantasy.

“Linwood Vrooman Carter was an American author of science fiction and fantasy, as well as an editor and critic.”
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Start with Under the Green Star →

Stephen King multiverseUniverse

universe46 books1967

Dark in tone.

“The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Gunslinger →

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 Glory Road?: Narnia — the closest match to Glory Road on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Glory Road?: Glory Road. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Glory Road.
How big is Glory Road?: Glory Road is 2 books, 1963–1988.

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