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Books like Jon Shannow: 9 series to read next

Jon Shannow is post-apocalyptic and fantasy, about survival, set in far future, dark in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Jon Shannow is 4 books, 1987–1994.

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Sipstrassi or Stones of Power
Stephen King multiverse
Shannara
The Obernewtyn Chronicles
Mortal Engines
The Hunger Games
Hiero Desteen Universe
Mara and Dann
The Drenai Saga

Sipstrassi or Stones of PowerSeries

seriesDavid Gemmell6 books1987

Post-apocalyptic.

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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 →

ShannaraUniverse

universe50 books1977

Set in secondary world.

“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 Obernewtyn ChroniclesSeries

seriesIsobelle Carmody9 books1987

About psychic powers, set in secondary world.

“Carmody began writing it at the age of fourteen, and reworked the novel through high school and university.”
from the catalogue description of Obernewtyn
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Start with Obernewtyn →

Mortal EnginesUniverse

universe14 books2001

Steampunk.

“In a world where the cities were put on wheels to outrun a war that ended in a single afternoon, Municipal Darwinism is the law: big towns eat small ones, strip them for parts and take their people aboard as citizens or as scrap.”
from the catalogue description

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The Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

Dystopia, tense in tone, set in north america.

“Panem, they call it now — a nation raised on the drowned bones of North America, a glittering Capitol ringed by twelve districts it once starved into obedience.”
from the catalogue description

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Hiero Desteen UniverseSeries

seriesSterling E. Lanier & Lucy Andrews Cummin3 books1973

Post-apocalyptic and science fiction, about survival, set in far future.

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Mara and DannSeries

seriesDoris Lessing2 books1999

About ecological collapse and coming of age.

“Told to forget their real names forever or be killed, the brother and sister live for years among the primitive Rock People, taken in by one of their own kind but always outcasts.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Mara and Dann →

The Drenai SagaSeries

seriesDavid Gemmell15 books1984

About war, set in secondary world.

“David Andrew Gemmell was a British author of heroic fantasy, best known for his debut novel, Legend.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Legend →

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 Jon Shannow?: Sipstrassi or Stones of Power — the closest match to Jon Shannow on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Jon Shannow?: Wolf in Shadow. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Jon Shannow.
How big is Jon Shannow?: Jon Shannow is 4 books, 1987–1994.
Is Jon Shannow finished?: Yes — 4 books, 1987–1994.

Books like Jon Shannow: 9 series to read next

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