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Books like Ronan: 9 series to read next

Ronan is sword and sorcery, set in secondary world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Ronan is 3 books, 1995–1998.

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Tolkien's legendarium
Hyborian Age
Dying Earth
Narnia
Moorcock's Multiverse
The Princess and the Goblin
Novaria
Tiger and Del
Dilvish

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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Hyborian AgeUniverse

universe242 books1929

Sword and sorcery and fantasy, adventurous in tone, set in secondary world.

“Earlier still lies the Thurian Age of Kull of Valusia, brooding forerunner to Conan.”
from the catalogue description

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Dying EarthSeries

seriesJack Vance, Jeff VanderMeer, Dan Simmons, Lucius Shepard & Michael Shea27 books1950

About wizards.

“Vance returned to the setting in 1965 and thereafter, making it the first book in the Dying Earth series.”
from the catalogue description of The Dying Earth
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Start with The Dying Earth →

NarniaUniverse

universe38 books1950

Portal fantasy.

“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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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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The Princess and the GoblinSeries

seriesGeorge MacDonald2 books1871

About coming of age.

“Strahan had published the story and illustrations as a serial in the monthly magazine Good Words for the Young, beginning November 1870.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Princess and the Goblin →

NovariaSeries

seriesL. Sprague de Camp6 books1968

About political intrigue.

“The Novarian series is a sequence of fantasy stories by L. Sprague de Camp, published between 1968 and 1989.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Emperor's Fan →

Tiger and DelSeries

seriesJennifer Roberson10 books1985

Sword and sorcery and fantasy, adventurous in tone, set in secondary world.

“Jennifer Roberson's fantasy series pairs Tiger, a desert-born sword-dancer from the south, with Del, a Northern swordswoman trained in her own tradition of blade-magic, as reluctant partners across a hostile borderland.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Sword-Dancer →

DilvishSeries

seriesRoger Zelazny13 books1965

Sword and sorcery and fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests, set in secondary world.

“Centuries ago, the half-elf warrior Dilvish tried to stop a dark sorcerer named Jelerak from completing a terrible ritual, and paid for it by being turned to stone and having his soul cast into Hell.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Passage to Dilfar →

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 Ronan?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to Ronan on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Ronan?: Ronan the Barbarian. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Ronan.
How big is Ronan?: Ronan is 3 books, 1995–1998.

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