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Books like Olympian Wars: 9 series to read next

Olympian Wars is fantasy. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Olympian Wars is 3 books, 2022–2024.

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Tolkien's legendarium
Cosmere
World of Ice and Fire
Sparhawk
Malazan
Tortall
The Riftwar
Forgotten Realms
Great Alta

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.

“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

Epic fantasy, dark in tone.

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

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SparhawkUniverse

universe6 books1989

Epic fantasy, about quests.

“Sir Sparhawk is not a young man, and he has little patience for the pageantry his order pretends to.”
from the catalogue description

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MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

Epic fantasy, dark in tone.

“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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TortallUniverse

universe25 books1983

About coming of age.

“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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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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Forgotten RealmsUniverse

universe526 books1987

Epic fantasy.

“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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Great AltaSeries

seriesJane Yolen5 books1988

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“The books interleave the main narrative with in-world songs, tales and scholarly fragments about the heroine's growing legend.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Sister Light, Sister Dark →

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 Olympian Wars?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to Olympian Wars on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Olympian Wars?: War of the Sea. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Olympian Wars.
How big is Olympian Wars?: Olympian Wars is 3 books, 2022–2024.

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