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Books like Gods and Warriors: 9 series to read next

Gods and Warriors is adventure, about quests, set in ancient world and mediterranean, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Gods and Warriors is 5 books, 2012–2016.

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Tolkien's legendarium
Praetor War
Theseus
Young Heroes
Warrior Heroes
Troy
Narnia
Wolves Chronicles
The Iliad and The Odyssey universe

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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Praetor WarSeries

seriesJennifer A. Nielsen3 books2015

Historical fantasy and fantasy, adventurous and tense in tone, about magical artifacts, set in ancient world.

“Nic, a slave in the mines of Rome, is forced to enter a sealed cave filled with Julius Caesar's treasures.”
from the catalogue description of Mark of the Thief

Start with Mark of the Thief →

TheseusSeries

seriesMary Renault2 books1958

Mythic fantasy.

“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 →

Young HeroesSeries

seriesJane Yolen & Robert J. Harris4 books2001

Mythic fantasy.

Start with Odysseus in the Serpent Maze →

Warrior HeroesSeries

seriesBenjamin Hulme-Cross6 books2014

Time travel.

Start with The Knight's Enemies →

TroySeries

seriesDavid Gemmell & Stella Gemmell3 books2005

Epic fantasy, about redemption.

“Lord of the Silver Bow, Shield of Thunder, and Fall of Kings strip away Homer's gods in favor of a grounded, character-driven war story.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Lord of the Silver Bow →

NarniaUniverse

universe38 books1950

Portal fantasy, set in secondary world.

“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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Wolves ChroniclesSeries

seriesJoan Aiken12 books1962

Set in 19th century and british isles.

“The Wolves Chronicles is Joan Aiken's long-running alternate-history series for young readers, set in a nineteenth-century England ruled by the Stuart dynasty and beset by wolves that have migrated across a Channel land-bridge.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Wolves of Willoughby Chase →

The Iliad and The Odyssey universeSeries

seriesHomer, Mary Pope Osborne, Jules Lemaître, Alice Low, Margaret Atwood, Rosemary Sutcliff, Charles Lamb, Geraldine McCaughrean, Michael Gibson, Michell Gall & Tania Zamorsky36 books1840

Mythic fantasy.

Start with The Confession of Eumæus →

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 Gods and Warriors?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to Gods and Warriors on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Gods and Warriors?: Gods and Warriors. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Gods and Warriors.
How big is Gods and Warriors?: Gods and Warriors is 5 books, 2012–2016.

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