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Books like Seedbearers: 9 series to read next

Seedbearers is fantasy. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Seedbearers is 3 books, 1974–1977.

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Earthsea
Tolkien's legendarium
American Gods
Alderley
Down the Long Wind
His Dark Materials
Children of the Light Isles
The Just City / Thessaly
Sarantine Universe

universe19 books1964

Epic fantasy, 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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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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American GodsSeries

seriesNeil Gaiman10 books1999

Set in contemporary and our world.

“Gaiman's 2005 novel Anansi Boys is set in the same mythological world and shares the trickster god Mr. Nancy, but follows a different protagonist and story, making it a loose companion rather than a direct sequel.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Keepsakes and Treasures: A Love Story →

AlderleySeries

seriesAlan Garner4 books1960

About quests, set in contemporary.

“The three books span most of Garner's writing life rather than forming one continuous trilogy.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Weirdstone of Brisingamen →

Down the Long WindSeries

seriesGillian Bradshaw3 books1980

About quests, set in medieval.

“Kingdom of Summer and In Winter's Shadow carry the story through the reign's high point and into the betrayals that end it.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Hawk of May →

His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

About coming of age, set in parallel universe.

“In a world like ours and unlike it, every human soul walks outside the body in the shape of an animal — a daemon, who speaks, who cannot be lied to, and who settles into one fixed form only when childhood ends.”
from the catalogue description

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Children of the Light IslesSeries

seriesJuliet Marillier2 books2002

Emotional in tone, about identity and coming of age, set in medieval.

Start with Wolfskin →

The Just City / ThessalySeries

seriesJo Walton3 books2015

Science fiction, challenging in tone.

Start with The Just City →

Sarantine UniverseSeries

seriesGuy Gavriel Kay8 books1995

About political intrigue.

“Each novel stands alone, but together they trace centuries of the same fictional world, distinct from Kay's separate Sarantine Mosaic duology.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Last Light of the Sun →

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 Seedbearers?: Earthsea — the closest match to Seedbearers on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Seedbearers?: The Seedbearers. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Seedbearers.
How big is Seedbearers?: Seedbearers is 3 books, 1974–1977.
Is Seedbearers finished?: Yes — 3 books, 1974–1977.

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