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Books like Kyrik: 9 series to read next

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

Kyrik is 4 books, 1975–1976.

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Tolkien's legendarium
Hyborian Age
Sun Wolf and Starhawk
Brak the Barbarian
Moorcock's Multiverse
Shannara
Dilvish
The Primal Land
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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Hyborian AgeUniverse

universe242 books1929

Sword and sorcery and fantasy, 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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Sun Wolf and StarhawkSeries

seriesBarbara Hambly7 books1984

Sword and sorcery and fantasy, adventurous in tone, about wizards, set in secondary world.

“Sun Wolf's partnership with his lieutenant Starhawk carries across The Ladies of Mandrigyn, The Witches of Wenshar, and further volumes as both are drawn deeper into magic neither originally wanted.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Ladies of Mandrigyn →

Brak the BarbarianSeries

seriesJohn Jakes16 books1963

Sword and sorcery and fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests, set in secondary world.

“John Jakes's Brak the Barbarian follows his own wandering barbarian swordsman, Brak, through sword-and-sorcery adventures modeled on the pulp tradition of the 1930s and '40s but original to Jakes rather than adapted from an earlier author.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Brak the Barbarian →

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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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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DilvishSeries

seriesRoger Zelazny13 books1965

Sword and sorcery and fantasy, 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 →

The Primal LandSeries

seriesBrian Lumley5 books1984

Sword and sorcery and fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests, set in secondary world.

Start with The House of Cthulhu: Tales of the Primal Land: Volume One →

PusadianSeries

seriesL. Sprague de Camp9 books1951

Sword and sorcery and fantasy, 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
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Start with The Eye of Tandyla →

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 Kyrik?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to Kyrik on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Kyrik?: Kyrik: Warlock Warrior. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Kyrik.
How big is Kyrik?: Kyrik is 4 books, 1975–1976.
Is Kyrik finished?: Yes — 4 books, 1975–1976.

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