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Books like Inventors World: 9 series to read next

Inventors World is steampunk and science fiction, about coming of age, 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.

Inventors World is 1 book, from 2013.

“On the floating cities above the cloud-floor, the only rule is don't fall.”
from the catalogue description of The Sky Riders

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Tolkien's legendarium
Ranger's Apprentice
Tortall
The Riftwar
Hierarchy
The Tainted Blood Duology
The Codex Alera
Rebel of the Sands
Grishaverse

Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

universe163 books1923

Fantasy.

“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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Ranger's ApprenticeUniverse

universe42 books2004

Fantasy, about friendship.

“A Ranger is not a wizard, whatever the villagers whisper.”
from the catalogue description

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TortallUniverse

universe25 books1983

Fantasy.

“In Tortall she does it anyway — and earns the right the hard way, through bruises, cold mornings in the training yard, and the slow winning-over of people who swore she'd fail.”
from the catalogue description

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The RiftwarUniverse

universe44 books1982

Epic fantasy and 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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HierarchySeries

seriesJames Islington2 books2023

Epic fantasy, about class conflict and magic schools.

“James Islington's Hierarchy series opens with The Will of the Many, set in the Catenan Republic, an empire built on 'Will' — citizens' personal strength and drive, ceded upward to those in power.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Will of the Many →

The Tainted Blood DuologySeries

seriesEhigbor Okosun2 books2023

Fantasy and epic fantasy, about rebellion and revolution.

Start with Forged by Blood →

The Codex AleraSeries

seriesJim Butcher6 books2004

Epic fantasy and fantasy, about war.

“Jim Butcher's six-book series, continuing through Academ's Fury, Cursor's Fury, Captain's Fury, Princeps' Fury, and First Lord's Fury, builds from small-scale political maneuvering into full-scale war.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Furies of Calderon →

Rebel of the SandsSeries

seriesAlwyn Hamilton3 books2016

Fantasy, about rebellion and revolution, set in desert.

Start with Rebel of the Sands →

GrishaverseUniverse

universe19 books2012

Fantasy.

“Saints are canonized here the way soldiers are buried elsewhere — quietly, and too often.”
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 Inventors World?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to Inventors World on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Inventors World?: The Sky Riders. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Inventors World.
How big is Inventors World?: Inventors World is 1 book, from 2013.

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