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Books like Templar Knights: 9 series to read next

Templar Knights is historical fantasy, set in medieval. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Templar Knights is 10 books, 1995–2002.

“Scotland, the end of the thirteenth century--and a world at war.”
from the catalogue description of The Temple and the Stone

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Von Bek
The Warlord Chronicles
Rhiyana
His Dark Materials
Richard Coeur de Lion
Shards of Empire
Trylogia husycka
Deryni
Temeraire

Von BekSeries

seriesMichael Moorcock4 books1965

Dark in tone.

“Michael Moorcock's Von Bek novels follow the Von Bek family across different historical periods, part of his wider Eternal Champion multiverse.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The War Hound and the World's Pain →

The Warlord ChroniclesSeries

seriesBernard Cornwell3 books1995

“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
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Start with The Winter King →

RhiyanaSeries

seriesJudith Tarr6 books1985

Historical fantasy and fantasy, set in medieval.

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His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

About coming of age, 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

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Richard Coeur de LionSeries

seriesJudith Tarr3 books2001

Historical fantasy, about war, set in medieval and europe.

“At the coronation of the new king of England, two crowns are offered to Richard the Lionheart: the mortal and the magical.”
from the catalogue description of Pride of Kings

Start with Pride of Kings →

Shards of EmpireSeries

seriesSusan Shwartz2 books1996

Historical fantasy, tense in tone, about war and faith and religion, set in medieval and europe.

“In the tenth century, the center of the world is not Rome, but Byzantium.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Shards of Empire →

Trylogia husyckaSeries

seriesAndrzej Sapkowski3 books2002

Historical fantasy and historical fiction, dark in tone, about war and faith and religion, set in medieval and europe.

Start with The Tower of Fools →

DeryniUniverse

universe44 books1970

Historical fantasy and fantasy, tense in tone, about political intrigue, set in medieval and secondary world.

“In the kingdom of Gwynedd, power is at once a sacrament and a heresy.”
from the catalogue description

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TemeraireSeries

seriesNaomi Novik48 books2006

Alternate history, about dragons, set in 19th century.

Start with Temeraire →

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 Templar Knights?: Von Bek — the closest match to Templar Knights on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Templar Knights?: The Temple and the Stone. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Templar Knights.
How big is Templar Knights?: Templar Knights is 10 books, 1995–2002.

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