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Books like Sharp Steel and High Adventures: 9 series to read next

Sharp Steel and High Adventures is set in secondary world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Sharp Steel and High Adventures is 6 books, 2017–2020.

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Moorcock's Multiverse
Hyborian Age
Brak the Barbarian
Tolkien's legendarium
The Drenai Saga
Forgotten Realms
The Primal Land
Birthgrave
Dilvish

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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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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Brak the BarbarianSeries

seriesJohn Jakes16 books1963

Sword and sorcery and fantasy, adventurous in tone, 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

Start with Brak the Barbarian →

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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The Drenai SagaSeries

seriesDavid Gemmell15 books1984

Epic fantasy, about redemption and war.

“David Andrew Gemmell was a British author of heroic fantasy, best known for his debut novel, Legend.”
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Start with Legend →

Forgotten RealmsUniverse

universe526 books1987

Epic fantasy.

“Come in from the cold and mind the door — the wind off the Sword Coast has teeth.”
from the catalogue description

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The Primal LandSeries

seriesBrian Lumley5 books1984

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

Start with The House of Cthulhu: Tales of the Primal Land: Volume One →

BirthgraveSeries

seriesTanith Lee3 books1975

About revenge and identity.

“The person: a woman awakening from a deathlike sleep.”
from the catalogue description of The Birthgrave

Start with The Birthgrave →

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

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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 Sharp Steel and High Adventures?: Moorcock's Multiverse — the closest match to Sharp Steel and High Adventures on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Sharp Steel and High Adventures?: Sharp Steel. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Sharp Steel and High Adventures.
How big is Sharp Steel and High Adventures?: Sharp Steel and High Adventures is 6 books, 2017–2020.

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