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Books like Planeswalker Novels: 9 series to read next

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

Planeswalker Novels is 4 books, 2009–2010.

“In this struggle for influence and power, for the keys to magical knowledge, everything you knew about novels based on Magic: The Gathering®is changing . . .”
from the catalogue description of Agents of Artifice

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The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieu
Earthsea
Tolkien's legendarium
Cosmere
The Riftwar
Shannara
Grishaverse
Howl's Castle
Forgotten Realms

The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieuSeries

seriesGarth Nix11 books1995

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

Start with An Essay on Free Magic: (A manuscript fragment from the Great Library of the Clayr) →

EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Reflective in tone.

“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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CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

Fantasy and epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Before the worlds, there was Adonalsium, and then there was not.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Final Empire →

The RiftwarUniverse

universe44 books1982

Fantasy and epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“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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ShannaraUniverse

universe50 books1977

Fantasy and epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“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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GrishaverseUniverse

universe19 books2012

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Saints are canonized here the way soldiers are buried elsewhere — quietly, and too often.”
from the catalogue description

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Howl's CastleSeries

seriesDiana Wynne Jones3 books1986

Whimsical in tone.

Start with Howl's Moving Castle →

Forgotten RealmsUniverse

universe526 books1987

Fantasy and epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“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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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.

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What should I read after Planeswalker Novels?: The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieu — the closest match to Planeswalker Novels on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Planeswalker Novels?: Agents of Artifice. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Planeswalker Novels.
How big is Planeswalker Novels?: Planeswalker Novels is 4 books, 2009–2010.

Books like Planeswalker Novels: 9 series to read next

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