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Books like Sword & Circlet: 9 series to read next

Sword & Circlet is fantasy and epic fantasy, about quests, set in secondary world, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Sword & Circlet is 3 books, 1987–1989.

“Edanvant, through years, through Gate between Worlds.”
from the catalogue description of Keepers of Edanvant

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Tolkien's legendarium
Sparhawk
Shannara
Kendri and Irissa
Moorcock's Multiverse
Narnia
The Riftwar
The Ivory Key
The Princess and the Goblin

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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SparhawkUniverse

universe6 books1989

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

“Sir Sparhawk is not a young man, and he has little patience for the pageantry his order pretends to.”
from the catalogue description

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ShannaraUniverse

universe50 books1977

Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Long after the world we know has burned itself to slag in the Great Wars, the Four Lands rise green over the bones of the old age.”
from the catalogue description

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Kendri and IrissaSeries

seriesCarole Nelson Douglas5 books1982

Fantasy and epic fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests and wizards, set in secondary world.

“Irissa was the last of the sorcerous Torlocs, untutored in magic and abandoned upon this decaying world by her people.”
from the catalogue description of Six of Swords

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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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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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The RiftwarUniverse

universe44 books1982

Epic fantasy and 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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The Ivory KeySeries

seriesAkshaya Raman2 books2022

About sibling rivalry.

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The Princess and the GoblinSeries

seriesGeorge MacDonald2 books1871

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests and coming of age, set in secondary world.

“Strahan had published the story and illustrations as a serial in the monthly magazine Good Words for the Young, beginning November 1870.”
from the catalogue description

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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 Sword & Circlet?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to Sword & Circlet on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Sword & Circlet?: Keepers of Edanvant. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Sword & Circlet.
How big is Sword & Circlet?: Sword & Circlet is 3 books, 1987–1989.
Is Sword & Circlet finished?: Yes — 3 books, 1987–1989.

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