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Books like Indigo: 9 series to read next

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

Indigo is 8 books, 1988–1993.

“Princess Anghara had no place in the Forbidden Tower, and no business tampering with its secrets.”
from the catalogue description of Nemesis

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Tolkien's legendarium
World of Ice and Fire
The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieu
Cosmere
Grishaverse
Earthsea
Malazan
Darwath
Kushiel's Legacy Universe

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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World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Epic fantasy, about war.

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

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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) →

CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

Epic fantasy.

“Before the worlds, there was Adonalsium, and then there was not.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Final Empire →

GrishaverseUniverse

universe19 books2012

“Saints are canonized here the way soldiers are buried elsewhere — quietly, and too often.”
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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MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

Epic fantasy, about war.

“Pity the historian who tries to map this world; pity more the god who thinks he rules it.”
from the catalogue description

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DarwathSeries

seriesBarbara Hambly7 books1982

Fantasy, dark in tone, set in secondary world.

“Darwath begins with two modern-day Californians pulled through a portal into a dying medieval world under siege from the Dark, shape-shifting monsters that hunt by night and are driving civilization underground.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Time of the Dark →

Kushiel's Legacy UniverseSeries

seriesJacqueline Carey13 books2001

Fantasy, emotional in tone, about political intrigue, set in secondary world.

“Since the series features a fictional version of medieval Western Europe, it can be considered historical fantasy or alternate history.”
from the catalogue description of Earth Begotten

Start with Earth Begotten →

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 Indigo?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to Indigo on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Indigo?: Nemesis. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Indigo.
How big is Indigo?: Indigo is 8 books, 1988–1993.
Is Indigo finished?: Yes — 8 books, 1988–1993.

Books like Indigo: 9 series to read next

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