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Books like Raven Universe: 9 series to read next

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

Raven Universe is 13 books, 1978–2008.

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Tolkien's legendarium
Forgotten Realms
Memory, Sorrow & Thorn
World of Ice and Fire
Sword of Truth
The Drenai Saga
The Riftwar
Grishaverse
Moorcock's Multiverse

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.”
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Forgotten RealmsUniverse

universe526 books1987

Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Come in from the cold and mind the door — the wind off the Sword Coast has teeth.”
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Memory, Sorrow & ThornUniverse

universe14 books1988

Epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Winter comes to Osten Ard out of its season, and behind the cold rides something older than the kingdoms of men.”
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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.”
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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.”
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The Drenai SagaSeries

seriesDavid Gemmell15 books1984

About redemption.

“David Andrew Gemmell was a British author of heroic fantasy, best known for his debut novel, Legend.”
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The RiftwarUniverse

universe44 books1982

Epic fantasy and 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.”
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GrishaverseUniverse

universe19 books2012

“Saints are canonized here the way soldiers are buried elsewhere — quietly, and too often.”
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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.”
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Why these

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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 Raven Universe?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to Raven Universe on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Raven Universe?: Light Stealer. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Raven Universe.
How big is Raven Universe?: Raven Universe is 13 books, 1978–2008.

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