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Books like Neveryon: 9 series to read next

Neveryon is sword and sorcery, set in secondary world, reflective and challenging in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Neveryon is 19 books, 1979–1987.

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Earthsea
New Crobuzon
Zimiamvian Trilogy
Erewhon
World of Ice and Fire
Malazan
Gormenghast
The World of Riverside
Tolkien's legendarium

EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Epic fantasy, about wizards.

“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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New CrobuzonSeries

seriesChina Miéville4 books2000

Weird fiction.

“The New Crobuzon books are three standalone novels by China Miéville set in and around New Crobuzon, a vast, corrupt industrial city in his invented world of Bas-Lag where magic, biopunk technology, and several sentient species coexist.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Perdido Street Station →

Zimiamvian TrilogySeries

seriesE. R. Eddison4 books1922

Epic fantasy, about court intrigue.

“Dissolution of the realm seems certain as alliances are formed and begin to intrigue against each other.”
from the catalogue description of Mistress of Mistresses
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Mistress of Mistresses →

ErewhonSeries

seriesSamuel Butler4 books1872

Literary & general and satire.

Start with Erewhon, or, Over the Range →

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Epic fantasy, about war.

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

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MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

Epic fantasy, about war.

“Pity the historian who tries to map this world; pity more the god who thinks he rules it.”
from the catalogue description

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GormenghastSeries

seriesMervyn Peake & Maeve Gilmore6 books1946

Gothic.

“Peake was writing a fourth novel, Titus Awakes, at the time of his death in 1968.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Titus Groan →

The World of RiversideSeries

seriesEllen Kushner, Joel Derfner, Tessa Gratton, Karen Lord, Delia Sherman, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Liz Duffy Adams, Racheline Maltese, Malinda Lo, Paul Witcover, Juliet Ulman, Mary Anne Mohanraj, Patty Bryant & Kelly Robson72 books1982

Fantasy, about political intrigue, set in secondary world.

“The wider World of Riverside has since expanded into shared-world short fiction and anthologies, such as Swords of Riverside, contributed to by numerous other writers.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Swordspoint →

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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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 Neveryon?: Earthsea — the closest match to Neveryon on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Neveryon?: Tales of Nevèrÿon. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Neveryon.
How big is Neveryon?: Neveryon is 19 books, 1979–1987.

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