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Books like Griaule: 9 series to read next

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

Griaule is 8 books, 1984–2013.

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World of Ice and Fire
Tolkien's legendarium
New Crobuzon
Earthsea
Stephen King multiverse
Dragon Trilogies
Winterlands
Dragonlance
Memory, Sorrow & Thorn

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

About political intrigue and war.

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

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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.”
from the catalogue description

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New CrobuzonSeries

seriesChina Miéville4 books2000

Weird fiction, challenging in tone.

“The New Crobuzon books are three standalone novels by China Miéville set in and around New Crobuzon, a vast, corrupt industrial city in his invented world of Bas-Lag where magic, biopunk technology, and several sentient species coexist.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Perdido Street Station →

EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Reflective in tone, about wizards.

“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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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 →

Dragon TrilogiesSeries

seriesMelanie Rawn6 books1988

Tense in tone, about political intrigue.

“The Dragon Prince trilogy focuses on Prince Rohan of the Desert and his Sunrunner wife, Sioned, while the Dragon Star trilogy focuses on their son, Pol.”
from the catalogue description
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WinterlandsSeries

seriesBarbara Hambly7 books1986

About demons.

“Once there, they learn Gareth is the crown prince, acting against his father's wishes, and that the dragon Morkeleb the Black is only one thread in a web that includes a sorceress with a grip on the king.”
from the catalogue description of Dragonsbane

Start with Dragonsbane →

DragonlanceUniverse

universe436 books1984

Fantasy and epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“The gods have kept their silence over Krynn for three hundred years, and the world has learned to make do without them: the dragons are a nursery tale, the old clerics gone, faith worn down to superstition.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Dragons of Autumn Twilight →

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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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 Griaule?: World of Ice and Fire — the closest match to Griaule on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Griaule?: The Man Who Painted the Dragon Griaule. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Griaule.
How big is Griaule?: Griaule is 8 books, 1984–2013.
Is Griaule finished?: Yes — 8 books, 1984–2013.

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