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Books like Royal Dragon Academy: 9 series to read next

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

Royal Dragon Academy is 3 books, from 2026.

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Tolkien's legendarium
Grishaverse
Earthsea
Kyralia series
Tortall
World of Ice and Fire
The Ancestor
Cosmere
Queen's Thief

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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GrishaverseUniverse

universe19 books2012

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

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

universe19 books1964

Reflective in tone, about wizards.

“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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Kyralia seriesUniverse

universe8 books2001

About wizards.

“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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TortallUniverse

universe25 books1983

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about coming of age, set in secondary world.

“In Tortall she does it anyway — and earns the right the hard way, through bruises, cold mornings in the training yard, and the slow winning-over of people who swore she'd fail.”
from the catalogue description

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World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Dark in tone, about war.

“Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”
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The AncestorSeries

seriesMark Lawrence4 books2017

Dark fantasy, dark in tone.

“The three novels tell the story of Nona Grey, a peasant girl with mystical abilities.”
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Start with Red Sister →

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 →

Queen's ThiefSeries

seriesMegan Whalen Turner41 books1996

Fantasy, about political intrigue, set in secondary world.

“Megan Whalen Turner's series expands from that single heist into court intrigue and small-scale warfare among a set of Mediterranean-flavored kingdoms, with later books often shifting whose perspective the reader trusts.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Thief →

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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 Royal Dragon Academy?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to Royal Dragon Academy on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Royal Dragon Academy?: Crimson & Ash: A Dragon Master's Ascension. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Royal Dragon Academy.
How big is Royal Dragon Academy?: Royal Dragon Academy is 3 books, from 2026.

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