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Books like Hellmaw: 9 series to read next

Hellmaw is 7 books, 2015–2017.

Shannara
The Tapestry
Stephen King multiverse
Raine Benares
Alex Stern
Karou
The Legendborn Cycle
The Riftwar
Earthsea

universe50 books1977

Epic fantasy.

“Long after the world we know has burned itself to slag in the Great Wars, the Four Lands rise green over the bones of the old age.”
from the catalogue description

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The TapestrySeries

seriesHenry H. Neff4 books2007

“Max finds a letter in his coat pocket afterwards that leads him to Rowan Academy, a secret school where other gifted students like him go.”
from the catalogue description of The Hound of Rowan

Start with The Hound of Rowan →

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 →

Raine BenaresSeries

seriesLisa Shearin10 books2007

Fantasy.

“Raine Benares is a Sorceress Seeker of average ability until she comes into possession of an amulet that amplifies her powers-and her enemies.”
from the catalogue description of Magic Lost, Trouble Found

Start with Magic Lost, Trouble Found →

Alex SternSeries

seriesLeigh Bardugo4 books2019

Set in big city.

“The opening novel, Ninth House, establishes her as an outsider gifted with the ability to see ghosts; the sequels continue her investigation into the societies' abuses and the murder that first drew her into Lethe's world.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Ninth House →

KarouSeries

seriesLaini Taylor4 books2011

Emotional in tone.

“From copyright page: Seventeen year old Karou, a lovely, enigmatic art student in a Prague boarding school, carries a sketchbook of hideous, frightening monsters - the chimerae who form the only family she has ever known.”
from the catalogue description of Daughter of Smoke & Bone
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Start with Daughter of Smoke & Bone →

The Legendborn CycleSeries

seriesTracy Deonn3 books2020

Set in north america.

“Tracy Deonn's Legendborn Cycle follows Bree Matthews, a Black teenager who enrolls in an early-college program and stumbles into a secret society descended from Arthurian legend operating alongside her North Carolina campus.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Legendborn →

The RiftwarUniverse

universe44 books1982

Epic fantasy.

“On the world of Midkemia a tear opens in the air itself, a rift hung between stars, and through it march the armies of an empire from another world entirely.”
from the catalogue description

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EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Epic fantasy, 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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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 Hellmaw?: Shannara — the closest match to Hellmaw on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Hellmaw?: Your World Is Doomed!. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Hellmaw.
How big is Hellmaw?: Hellmaw is 7 books, 2015–2017.

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