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Books like Mage Errant: 9 series to read next

Mage Errant is set in secondary world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Mage Errant is 8 books, 2018–2024.

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Earthsea
Kyralia series
Tolkien's legendarium
Grishaverse
The Riftwar
Dragonlance
Sword of Truth
Forgotten Realms
Green Rider

EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Reflective in tone.

“There is a lesson every wizard of Earthsea learns young: to know a thing's true name is to hold its whole being, and to speak it is to move the balance of the world.”
from the catalogue description

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Kyralia seriesUniverse

universe8 books2001

Epic fantasy and fantasy, about wizards and political intrigue, set in secondary world.

“Once a year the magicians of Kyralia sweep the beggars out of the capital, and once a year the beggars throw stones.”
from the catalogue description

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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.”
from the catalogue description

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GrishaverseUniverse

universe19 books2012

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Saints are canonized here the way soldiers are buried elsewhere — quietly, and too often.”
from the catalogue description

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The RiftwarUniverse

universe44 books1982

Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

“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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DragonlanceUniverse

universe436 books1984

Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

“The gods have kept their silence over Krynn for three hundred years, and the world has learned to make do without them: the dragons are a nursery tale, the old clerics gone, faith worn down to superstition.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Dragons of Autumn Twilight →

Sword of TruthUniverse

universe27 books1994

Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Truth is a blade, and it cuts the hand that grips it carelessly.”
from the catalogue description

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Forgotten RealmsUniverse

universe526 books1987

Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Come in from the cold and mind the door — the wind off the Sword Coast has teeth.”
from the catalogue description

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Green RiderSeries

seriesKristen Britain13 books1998

Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Kristen Britain's series, which now runs to eight books, keeps returning Karigan to Sacor City and the haunted Green Cloak forest as the magic system and the threats against the throne both deepen.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Green Rider →

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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 Mage Errant?: Earthsea — the closest match to Mage Errant on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Mage Errant?: Into the Labyrinth. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Mage Errant.
How big is Mage Errant?: Mage Errant is 8 books, 2018–2024.

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