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Books like Mike Bare-Hand: 9 series to read next

Mike Bare-Hand is fantasy, set in secondary world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Mike Bare-Hand is 4 books, 2020–2021.

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Tolkien's legendarium
Magic Goes Away
Stephen King multiverse
Shannara
Darwath
Russian / Jewish Fairy Tales Retold
The Drenai Saga
Hyborian Age
The Riftwar

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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Magic Goes AwaySeries

seriesLarry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, Bob Shaw, Dean Ing, Dian Girard, Fred Saberhagen, Mildred Downey Broxon, Poul Anderson, Roger Zelazny & Steven Barnes22 books1969

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“The name is also used to refer to the series which includes this story.”
from the catalogue description of The Magic Goes Away

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Stephen King multiverseUniverse

universe46 books1967

Dark in tone.

“The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Gunslinger →

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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DarwathSeries

seriesBarbara Hambly7 books1982

Fantasy, dark in tone, set in secondary world.

“Darwath begins with two modern-day Californians pulled through a portal into a dying medieval world under siege from the Dark, shape-shifting monsters that hunt by night and are driving civilization underground.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Time of the Dark →

Russian / Jewish Fairy Tales RetoldSeries

seriesNaomi Novik4 books2015

Fairy tale retelling.

“The two books share no characters or setting, only Novik's method of building a novel around one inherited folk tale.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Excerpt from Uprooted →

The Drenai SagaSeries

seriesDavid Gemmell15 books1984

Epic fantasy, about redemption and war.

“David Andrew Gemmell was a British author of heroic fantasy, best known for his debut novel, Legend.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Legend →

Hyborian AgeUniverse

universe242 books1929

Fantasy and sword and sorcery, 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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The RiftwarUniverse

universe44 books1982

Epic fantasy.

“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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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 Mike Bare-Hand?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to Mike Bare-Hand on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Mike Bare-Hand?: Duster. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Mike Bare-Hand.
How big is Mike Bare-Hand?: Mike Bare-Hand is 4 books, 2020–2021.

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