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Books like Keys to Paradise: 9 series to read next

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

Keys to Paradise is 3 books, from 1986.

“In his grief he wanders, aimlessly searching for a reason to go on.”
from the catalogue description of The Flame Key

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Tolkien's legendarium
Moorcock's Multiverse
Lyra
Shannara
Hyborian Age
Narnia
Dying Earth
Dilvish
Pusadian

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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Moorcock's MultiverseUniverse

universe102 books1961

Set in secondary world.

“The Multiverse is not one world but an endless lattice of them, worlds folded within worlds, each a variation on the last — and through every one of them walks a single conscripted soul.”
from the catalogue description

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LyraSeries

seriesPatricia C. Wrede5 books1982

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“THERE STANDS A TWISTED TOWER... hidden in the Windhome Mountains.”
from the catalogue description of Caught in Crystal

Start with Caught in Crystal →

ShannaraUniverse

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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Hyborian AgeUniverse

universe242 books1929

Fantasy and sword and sorcery, adventurous in tone, set in secondary world.

“Earlier still lies the Thurian Age of Kull of Valusia, brooding forerunner to Conan.”
from the catalogue description

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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.”
from the catalogue description

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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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Start with The Dying Earth →

DilvishSeries

seriesRoger Zelazny13 books1965

Fantasy and sword and sorcery, adventurous in tone, about quests, set in secondary world.

“Centuries ago, the half-elf warrior Dilvish tried to stop a dark sorcerer named Jelerak from completing a terrible ritual, and paid for it by being turned to stone and having his soul cast into Hell.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Passage to Dilfar →

PusadianSeries

seriesL. Sprague de Camp9 books1951

Fantasy and sword and sorcery, adventurous in tone, about quests, set in secondary world.

“The Pusadian series is a sequence of fantasy stories by L. Sprague de Camp, begun in the early 1950s and written under the influence of Robert E. Howard's Conan stories.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Eye of Tandyla →

Why these

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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.

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What should I read after Keys to Paradise?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to Keys to Paradise on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Keys to Paradise?: The Flame Key. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Keys to Paradise.
How big is Keys to Paradise?: Keys to Paradise is 3 books, from 1986.

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