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Books like Green Star Rises: 9 series to read next

Green Star Rises is science fantasy and fantasy, 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.

Green Star Rises is 5 books, 1972–1976.

“Linwood Vrooman Carter was an American author of science fiction and fantasy, as well as an editor and critic.”
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Tolkien's legendarium
Narnia
Spellsinger
Redwall
The Princess and the Goblin
Jack of Shadows
Quag Keep
Alliance-Union
Sparhawk

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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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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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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RedwallUniverse

universe32 books1986

“Ring the Joseph Bell and lay the long tables, for a tale is starting.”
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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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Jack of ShadowsSeries

seriesRoger Zelazny & Lawrence Watt-Evans4 books1971

About reincarnation.

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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.”
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Alliance-UnionUniverse

universe173 books1976

Science fiction, set in far future.

“Around that spine cluster the merchanter novels of trader Families, the Faded Sun trilogy of human envoys among the martial alien Mri, and the Chanur books, narrated from the hierarchical, whiskered viewpoint of the hani.”
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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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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 Green Star Rises?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to Green Star Rises on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Green Star Rises?: Under the Green Star. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Green Star Rises.
How big is Green Star Rises?: Green Star Rises is 5 books, 1972–1976.
Is Green Star Rises finished?: Yes — 5 books, 1972–1976.

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