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Books like Telemakos: 9 series to read next

Telemakos is set in ancient world and africa. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Telemakos is 5 books, 1993–2008.

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Marcus
The Warlord Chronicles
The Mortal Instruments
His Dark Materials
Felix
The Camulod Chronicles
Outlander (Diana Gabaldon)
Grishaverse
Boudica

MarcusSeries

seriesRosemary Sutcliff4 books1954

Historical fiction, set in ancient world and british isles.

“Later books, including The Silver Branch and The Lantern Bearers, follow his descendants through Britain's slow slide out of the Empire.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Eagle of the Ninth →

The Warlord ChroniclesSeries

seriesBernard Cornwell3 books1995

About war.

“The books were originally published between 1995 and 1997 by Penguin and Michael Joseph in the United Kingdom and by St. Martin's Press in the United States.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Winter King →

The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse

universe70 books2007

Urban fantasy, set in contemporary.

“There is a world laid over your own like a second skin, and you have been trained since birth not to see it.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

Set in parallel universe.

“In a world like ours and unlike it, every human soul walks outside the body in the shape of an animal — a daemon, who speaks, who cannot be lied to, and who settles into one fixed form only when childhood ends.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

FelixSeries

seriesJoan Aiken3 books1977

Set in europe and 19th century.

“In 1821, an orphaned twelve-year-old boy runs away from his unhappy home in Spain to England where he tries to find his father's family.”
from the catalogue description of Go Saddle the Sea

Start with Go Saddle the Sea →

The Camulod ChroniclesSeries

seriesJack Whyte9 books1992

About war.

“Uther, the volume tracked here, centers on Uther Pendragon himself, one of the saga's recurring figures on the road to Arthur's own generation.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Uther →

Outlander (Diana Gabaldon)Series

seriesDiana Gabaldon26 books1991

Set in age of sail & 18th century.

“Initially set around the time of the Second World War, it focuses on nurse Claire Beauchamp, who travels through time to 18th-century Scotland, where she finds adventure and romance with the dashing Jamie Fraser.”
from the catalogue description of Outlander
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Outlander →

GrishaverseUniverse

universe19 books2012

Set in secondary world.

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

Reading order →

BoudicaSeries

seriesManda Scott4 books2003

About war.

Start with Dreaming the Eagle →

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 Telemakos?: Marcus — the closest match to Telemakos on what it is about, not on what sells.
How big is Telemakos?: Telemakos is 5 books, 1993–2008.

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