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Books like The Abyss Walker (second layout): 9 series to read next

The Abyss Walker (second layout) is set in secondary world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Abyss Walker (second layout) is 11 books, 2008–2016.

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Tolkien's legendarium
World of Ice and Fire
Sword of Truth
Memory, Sorrow & Thorn
Cosmere
The Riftwar
Malazan
Shannara
Grishaverse

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.”
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World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Epic fantasy and fantasy, dark in tone, about war and political intrigue, set in secondary world.

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

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Sword of TruthUniverse

universe27 books1994

Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Truth is a blade, and it cuts the hand that grips it carelessly.”
from the catalogue description

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Memory, Sorrow & ThornUniverse

universe14 books1988

Epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Winter comes to Osten Ard out of its season, and behind the cold rides something older than the kingdoms of men.”
from the catalogue description

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CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Before the worlds, there was Adonalsium, and then there was not.”
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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MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

“Pity the historian who tries to map this world; pity more the god who thinks he rules it.”
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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GrishaverseUniverse

universe19 books2012

“Saints are canonized here the way soldiers are buried elsewhere — quietly, and too often.”
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Why these

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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 The Abyss Walker (second layout)?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to The Abyss Walker (second layout) on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Abyss Walker (second layout)?: The Plea of Apollisian. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Abyss Walker (second layout).
How big is The Abyss Walker (second layout)?: The Abyss Walker (second layout) is 11 books, 2008–2016.

Books like The Abyss Walker (second layout): 9 series to read next

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