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Books like Spells, Swords, & Stealth: 9 series to read next

Spells, Swords, & Stealth is fantasy, set in secondary world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Spells, Swords, & Stealth is 5 books, 2014–2022.

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Tolkien's legendarium
Gentleman Bastard Sequence
Discworld
Circle of Magic
Guardians of Ga'hoole
Myth Adventures
The Legend of Eli Monpress
The Band
Tales from Verania

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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Gentleman Bastard SequenceSeries

seriesScott Lynch7 books2006

About con artists and heist, set in big city.

“The Lies of Locke Lamora and its two sequels braid heist capers with flashbacks tracing how the gang was trained, escalating into a wider conflict involving crime lords and sorcerers.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Lies of Locke Lamora →

DiscworldUniverse

universe84 books1983

Fantasy, funny in tone, set in secondary world.

“Death speaks IN SMALL CAPITALS and rides a horse called Binky.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Guards! Guards! →

Circle of MagicUniverse

universe11 books1997

About coming of age.

“Magic here does not thunder from a staff or wait in a dusty grimoire.”
from the catalogue description

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Guardians of Ga'hooleSeries

seriesKathryn Lasky & Kathryn Huang17 books2003

Epic fantasy, about war and coming of age.

“Apart from the main series, there are a few more books and spin-offs set in the same universe.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Capture →

Myth AdventuresSeries

seriesRobert Asprin, Jody Lynn Nye & Phil Foglio33 books1978

Fantasy and humor, funny in tone, set in secondary world.

“After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Another Fine Myth →

The Legend of Eli MonpressSeries

seriesRachel Aaron6 books2010

About con artists.

“Rachel Aaron's Legend of Eli Monpress follows Eli, a wizard and self-proclaimed greatest thief of his age, who teams up with a swordsman wielding a sentient magical blade and a shadow-stepping demon to pull off escalating heists.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Spirit's Oath →

The BandSeries

seriesNicholas Eames2 books2017

Epic fantasy.

Start with Kings of the Wyld →

Tales from VeraniaSeries

seriesTJ Klune10 books2015

Fantasy, funny in tone, set in secondary world.

“Once upon a time, in an alleyway in the slums of the City of Lockes, a young and somewhat lonely boy named Sam Haversford turns a group of teenage douchebags into stone completely by accident.”
from the catalogue description of The Lightning-Struck Heart

Start with The Lightning-Struck Heart →

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.

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What should I read after Spells, Swords, & Stealth?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to Spells, Swords, & Stealth on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Spells, Swords, & Stealth?: NPCs. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Spells, Swords, & Stealth.
How big is Spells, Swords, & Stealth?: Spells, Swords, & Stealth is 5 books, 2014–2022.

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