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Books like Mage Wars: 9 series to read next

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

Mage Wars is 3 books, 1994–1996.

“Mercedes Lackey and Larry Dixon's Mage Wars trilogy is set some 2,500 years before the original Valdemar novels, dramatizing the ancient magical war that later Valdemar history treats as founding myth.”
from the catalogue description

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Tolkien's legendarium
Cosmere
World of Ice and Fire
The Riftwar
Dragon Trilogies
Sword of Truth
Millennium's Rule
Kyralia series
Sparhawk

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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CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Before the worlds, there was Adonalsium, and then there was not.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Final Empire →

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Dark in tone.

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

seriesMelanie Rawn6 books1988

Epic fantasy and fantasy, tense in tone, about political intrigue and dragons, set in secondary world.

“The Dragon Prince trilogy focuses on Prince Rohan of the Desert and his Sunrunner wife, Sioned, while the Dragon Star trilogy focuses on their son, Pol.”
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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.”
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Millennium's RuleSeries

seriesTrudi Canavan4 books2014

Epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Trudi Canavan follows both of them as their discoveries chip away at what their worlds have taught them about magic, history, and who holds power.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Thief's Magic →

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.”
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SparhawkUniverse

universe6 books1989

About quests.

“Sir Sparhawk is not a young man, and he has little patience for the pageantry his order pretends to.”
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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 Wars?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to Mage Wars on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Mage Wars?: The Black Gryphon. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Mage Wars.
How big is Mage Wars?: Mage Wars is 3 books, 1994–1996.

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