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Books like Pendulum: 9 series to read next

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

Pendulum is 3 books, 2010–2011.

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Narnia
World of Ice and Fire
Fionavar Universe
Tolkien's legendarium
Moorcock's Multiverse
Malazan
The Dragon Heart Legacy
Dragonlance
Sword of Truth

NarniaUniverse

universe38 books1950

“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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World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

About political intrigue.

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

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Fionavar UniverseSeries

seriesGuy Gavriel Kay5 books1984

Emotional in tone.

“Kay lived in the countryside near Aix-en-Provence, the setting of Ysabel, while he wrote it.”
from the catalogue description of Ysabel

Start with Ysabel →

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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Moorcock's MultiverseUniverse

universe102 books1961

Set in secondary world.

“The Multiverse is not one world but an endless lattice of them, worlds folded within worlds, each a variation on the last — and through every one of them walks a single conscripted soul.”
from the catalogue description

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MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

“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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The Dragon Heart LegacySeries

seriesNora Roberts4 books2020

Set in secondary world.

“The Awakening opens a contemporary-fantasy trilogy following Breen's transformation from ordinary schoolteacher into a woman claiming a legacy she didn't know existed.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Awakening →

DragonlanceUniverse

universe436 books1984

Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

“The gods have kept their silence over Krynn for three hundred years, and the world has learned to make do without them: the dragons are a nursery tale, the old clerics gone, faith worn down to superstition.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Dragons of Autumn Twilight →

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.”
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 Pendulum?: Narnia — the closest match to Pendulum on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Pendulum?: Pilgrims. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Pendulum.
How big is Pendulum?: Pendulum is 3 books, 2010–2011.

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