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Books like Steamborn: 9 series to read next

Steamborn is steampunk, set in secondary world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Steamborn is 9 books, 2015–2024.

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Tolkien's legendarium
The Riftwar
Narnia
World of Ice and Fire
Dragonlance
Grishaverse
Tortall
Kyralia series
Cosmere

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 RiftwarUniverse

universe44 books1982

Epic fantasy.

“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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NarniaUniverse

universe38 books1950

Portal fantasy.

“Once there is a wardrobe at the back of a spare room, and behind the fur coats the wood gives way to snow, and a lamp-post burns alone among the trees.”
from the catalogue description

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World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Epic fantasy, dark in tone, about political intrigue.

“Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”
from the catalogue description

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DragonlanceUniverse

universe436 books1984

Epic fantasy.

“The gods have kept their silence over Krynn for three hundred years, and the world has learned to make do without them: the dragons are a nursery tale, the old clerics gone, faith worn down to superstition.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Dragons of Autumn Twilight →

GrishaverseUniverse

universe19 books2012

“Saints are canonized here the way soldiers are buried elsewhere — quietly, and too often.”
from the catalogue description

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TortallUniverse

universe25 books1983

“In Tortall she does it anyway — and earns the right the hard way, through bruises, cold mornings in the training yard, and the slow winning-over of people who swore she'd fail.”
from the catalogue description

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Kyralia seriesUniverse

universe8 books2001

Epic fantasy, about wizards and political intrigue.

“Once a year the magicians of Kyralia sweep the beggars out of the capital, and once a year the beggars throw stones.”
from the catalogue description

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CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

Epic fantasy.

“Before the worlds, there was Adonalsium, and then there was not.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Final Empire →

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 Steamborn?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to Steamborn on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Steamborn?: Steamborn. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Steamborn.
How big is Steamborn?: Steamborn is 9 books, 2015–2024.

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