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Books like Seven Families: 9 series to read next

Seven Families is 1 book, from 2021.

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Kingdom of the Wicked (Kerri Maniscalco)
Darwath
Winterlands
Von Bek
Tales of the Flat Earth
The Demon Cycle
Brak the Barbarian
Corona
The Riftwar

Kingdom of the Wicked (Kerri Maniscalco)Series

seriesKerri Maniscalco6 books2020

Romantasy.

“Kerri Maniscalco's trilogy follows Emilia, a Sicilian witch whose twin sister is murdered by a serial killer targeting witches, forcing her into an uneasy bargain with Wrath, one of the seven princes of Hell, to hunt the culprit.”
from the catalogue description

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DarwathSeries

seriesBarbara Hambly7 books1982

Set in secondary world.

“Darwath begins with two modern-day Californians pulled through a portal into a dying medieval world under siege from the Dark, shape-shifting monsters that hunt by night and are driving civilization underground.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Time of the Dark →

WinterlandsSeries

seriesBarbara Hambly7 books1986

About dragons, set in secondary world.

“Once there, they learn Gareth is the crown prince, acting against his father's wishes, and that the dragon Morkeleb the Black is only one thread in a web that includes a sorceress with a grip on the king.”
from the catalogue description of Dragonsbane

Start with Dragonsbane →

Von BekSeries

seriesMichael Moorcock4 books1965

Dark in tone.

“Michael Moorcock's Von Bek novels follow the Von Bek family across different historical periods, part of his wider Eternal Champion multiverse.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The War Hound and the World's Pain →

Tales of the Flat EarthSeries

seriesTanith Lee14 books1978

Set in secondary world.

“The novels take inspiration from One Thousand and One Nights and are similarly structured as interconnected stories.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Night's Master →

The Demon CycleUniverse

universe18 books2008

Epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“When the sun goes down, the ground breathes out murder.”
from the catalogue description

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Brak the BarbarianSeries

seriesJohn Jakes16 books1963

Sword and sorcery, about quests, set in secondary world.

“John Jakes's Brak the Barbarian follows his own wandering barbarian swordsman, Brak, through sword-and-sorcery adventures modeled on the pulp tradition of the 1930s and '40s but original to Jakes rather than adapted from an earlier author.”
from the catalogue description

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CoronaUniverse

universe19 books1997

Epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Beneath the sacred gemstones of the Abellican Church — a ruby to loose fire, malachite to lift a body into the air, the soul-stone to slip free of it — a ranger raised by elves and the woman he loves stand against a waking demon.”
from the catalogue description

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The RiftwarUniverse

universe44 books1982

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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What should I read after Seven Families?: Kingdom of the Wicked (Kerri Maniscalco) — the closest match to Seven Families on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Seven Families?: To Hell and Back. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Seven Families.
How big is Seven Families?: Seven Families is 1 book, from 2021.

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