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Books like Recluce Short Stories: 9 series to read next

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

Recluce Short Stories is 21 books, 2006–2017.

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Earthsea
The Kingkiller Chronicle
The Saga of Recluce
Tolkien's legendarium
Kyralia series
World of Septimus Heap
The Riftwar
Howl's Castle
Circle of Magic

EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Fantasy and epic fantasy, reflective in tone, about wizards, set in secondary world.

“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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The Kingkiller ChronicleSeries

seriesPatrick Rothfuss8 books2002

“The first two books, The Name of the Wind and The Wise Man's Fear, were released in 2007 and 2011.”
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The Saga of RecluceSeries

seriesL. E. Modesitt & Jr.48 books1991

Fantasy and epic fantasy, about wizards and political intrigue, set in secondary world.

“While exiled to Candar, Lerris meets his uncle Justen, and comes to understand his father's ulterior motives for sending him off.”
from the catalogue description of The Magic of Recluce
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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.”
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Kyralia seriesUniverse

universe8 books2001

Fantasy and epic fantasy, about wizards and political intrigue, set in secondary world.

“Once a year the magicians of Kyralia sweep the beggars out of the capital, and once a year the beggars throw stones.”
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World of Septimus HeapSeries

seriesAngie Sage12 books2005

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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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Howl's CastleSeries

seriesDiana Wynne Jones3 books1986

Whimsical in tone.

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Circle of MagicUniverse

universe11 books1997

“Magic here does not thunder from a staff or wait in a dusty grimoire.”
from the catalogue description

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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.

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What should I read after Recluce Short Stories?: Earthsea — the closest match to Recluce Short Stories on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Recluce Short Stories?: Sisters of Sarronnyn: Sisters of Westwind. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Recluce Short Stories.
How big is Recluce Short Stories?: Recluce Short Stories is 21 books, 2006–2017.

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