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Books like High Hallack: 9 series to read next

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

High Hallack is 11 books, 1965–1992.

“Andre Norton's High Hallack cycle is set within her larger Witch World, a parallel planet where ancient magic supplanted technology and was long practiced only by women.”
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Tolkien's legendarium
Earthsea
Stephen King multiverse
The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieu
Trillium / World of the Three Moons
Narnia
The Kingkiller Chronicle
Dying Earth
The Riftwar

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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EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Reflective in tone.

“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.”
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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 →

The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieuSeries

seriesGarth Nix11 books1995

Start with An Essay on Free Magic: (A manuscript fragment from the Great Library of the Clayr) →

Trillium / World of the Three MoonsSeries

seriesJulian May, Andre Norton, Marion Zimmer Bradley & Elisabeth Waters5 books1990

Fantasy and epic fantasy, adventurous in tone, set in secondary world.

“Individually, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Julian May and Andre Norton have won the love and admiration of millions of readers.”
from the catalogue description of Black Trillium
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Start with Black Trillium →

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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The Kingkiller ChronicleSeries

seriesPatrick Rothfuss8 books2002

“The first two books, The Name of the Wind and The Wise Man's Fear, were released in 2007 and 2011.”
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Start with The Name of the Wind →

Dying EarthSeries

seriesJack Vance, Jeff VanderMeer, Dan Simmons, Lucius Shepard & Michael Shea27 books1950

Fantasy, about wizards, set in secondary world.

“Vance returned to the setting in 1965 and thereafter, making it the first book in the Dying Earth series.”
from the catalogue description of The Dying Earth
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The RiftwarUniverse

universe44 books1982

Fantasy and epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“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.”
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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 High Hallack?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to High Hallack on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with High Hallack?: Horn Crown. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for High Hallack.
How big is High Hallack?: High Hallack is 11 books, 1965–1992.
Is High Hallack finished?: Yes — 11 books, 1965–1992.

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