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Books like Meri: 9 series to read next

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

Meri is 3 books, 1992–1995.

“Rescued from the rubble of her village by a teacher of the Divine Art, Mereddyd-a-Lagan swore to learn the powerful secrets necessary to track down the marauders and achieve vengeance.”
from the catalogue description of The Meri

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Earthsea
Tolkien's legendarium
Wars of Vis
Narnia
His Dark Materials
World of Ice and Fire
Birthgrave
Tortall
Discworld

EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Epic fantasy.

“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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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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Wars of VisSeries

seriesTanith Lee3 books1976

Epic fantasy, dark in tone.

“The Storm Lord opens the trilogy, continued by Anackire and The White Serpent.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Storm Lord →

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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His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

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.”
from the catalogue description

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World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Epic fantasy, dark in tone, about war.

“Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”
from the catalogue description

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BirthgraveSeries

seriesTanith Lee3 books1975

Dark in tone, about identity.

“The person: a woman awakening from a deathlike sleep.”
from the catalogue description of The Birthgrave

Start with The Birthgrave →

TortallUniverse

universe25 books1983

“In Tortall she does it anyway — and earns the right the hard way, through bruises, cold mornings in the training yard, and the slow winning-over of people who swore she'd fail.”
from the catalogue description

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DiscworldUniverse

universe84 books1983

Funny in tone.

“Death speaks IN SMALL CAPITALS and rides a horse called Binky.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Guards! Guards! →

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 Meri?: Earthsea — the closest match to Meri on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Meri?: The Meri. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Meri.
How big is Meri?: Meri is 3 books, 1992–1995.

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