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Books like Shadow Quest: 9 series to read next

Shadow Quest is paranormal romance. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Shadow Quest is 4 books, 2011–2013.

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LySanTer (Future Fantasy Romance)
Vorkosigan
Ender's Game
Anna Nestor-Sigrid / The Aighors
Otherworldly Men Universe
The Xenith Trilogy
Carve the Mark
Alliance-Union
Defy the Stars (Claudia Gray)

LySanTer (Future Fantasy Romance)Series

seriesJohanna Lindsey3 books1990

Romance.

“Futuristic Fantasy Romance -- Tedra De'Arr is a Security Specialist on a planet where sex is mandatory but she's a virgin because all the men are wimps and unattractive to her.”
from the catalogue description of Warrior's Woman

Start with Warrior's Woman →

VorkosiganUniverse

universe27 books1986

Space opera.

“Beyond his backwater lies the wormhole nexus: a scatter of human worlds strung along unstable jump-routes, where a blood-and-honor warrior aristocracy, a coolly egalitarian utopia, and a hundred lesser polities trade, spy, and go to war.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Shards of Honor →

Ender's GameUniverse

universe39 books1977

Science fiction, set in far future.

“To beat your enemy you must first understand him so completely that you love him — and in the instant you love him, you destroy him.”
from the catalogue description

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Anna Nestor-Sigrid / The AighorsSeries

seriesGreg Bear4 books1975

Science fiction, adventurous in tone, about aliens, set in far future and other star systems.

“Greg Bear wrote it as a standalone 1980 novel rather than the start of a series.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Perihesperon →

Otherworldly Men UniverseSeries

seriesSusan Grant6 books2006

Romance.

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The Xenith TrilogySeries

seriesChani Lynn Feener3 books2017

Space opera and romance, about political intrigue.

“Kidnapped by the princess's head bodyguard, Ruckus, and imprisoned in an alien palace, Delaney is forced to impersonate the princess until Olena can be found.”
from the catalogue description of Amid Stars and Darkness

Start with Amid Stars and Darkness →

Carve the MarkSeries

seriesVeronica Roth2 books2017

“Veronica Roth's Carve the Mark follows Akos and Cyra, two young people from rival civilizations whose fates become entangled by circumstances beyond their control.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Carve the Mark →

Alliance-UnionUniverse

universe173 books1976

Science fiction, set in far future.

“Around that spine cluster the merchanter novels of trader Families, the Faded Sun trilogy of human envoys among the martial alien Mri, and the Chanur books, narrated from the hierarchical, whiskered viewpoint of the hani.”
from the catalogue description

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Defy the Stars (Claudia Gray)Series

seriesClaudia Gray3 books2017

Space opera, about artificial intelligence.

“Noemi Vidal is seventeen years old and sworn to protect her planet, Genesis.”
from the catalogue description of Defy the Stars

Start with Defy the Stars →

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 Shadow Quest?: LySanTer (Future Fantasy Romance) — the closest match to Shadow Quest on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Shadow Quest?: Demon Possession. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Shadow Quest.
How big is Shadow Quest?: Shadow Quest is 4 books, 2011–2013.

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