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Books like Lissaverse: 9 series to read next

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

Lissaverse is 65 books across 15 series, 2011–2025.

“Every world keeps its records, and the near-immortal Larentii keep them all — but the tale most worth pulling from the archive begins with one ordinary woman, marked for death and bargaining for her life.”
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Cosmere
Tolkien's legendarium
Shannara
World of Ice and Fire
Malazan
His Dark Materials
Hyborian Age
The Mortal Instruments
Sword of Truth

CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

Epic fantasy.

“Before the worlds, there was Adonalsium, and then there was not.”
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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.”
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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.”
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World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Epic fantasy.

“Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”
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MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

Epic fantasy.

“Pity the historian who tries to map this world; pity more the god who thinks he rules it.”
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His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

About coming of age, set in parallel universe.

“In a world like ours and unlike it, every human soul walks outside the body in the shape of an animal — a daemon, who speaks, who cannot be lied to, and who settles into one fixed form only when childhood ends.”
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Hyborian AgeUniverse

universe242 books1929

Sword and sorcery.

“Earlier still lies the Thurian Age of Kull of Valusia, brooding forerunner to Conan.”
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The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse

universe70 books2007

“There is a world laid over your own like a second skin, and you have been trained since birth not to see it.”
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Sword of TruthUniverse

universe27 books1994

Epic fantasy.

“Truth is a blade, and it cuts the hand that grips it carelessly.”
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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 Lissaverse?: Cosmere — the closest match to Lissaverse on what it is about, not on what sells.
How big is Lissaverse?: Lissaverse is 65 books across 15 series, 2011–2025.

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