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Books like The Bifrost Guardians: 9 series to read next

The Bifrost Guardians is 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.

The Bifrost Guardians is 6 books, 1987–2004.

“Torn from a world where bullets and grenades are the weapons of choice, and locked into an elvish body on a world where sword and spell are the means of battle.”
from the catalogue description of Godslayer

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Tolkien's legendarium
Narnia
Earthsea
Sparhawk
Moorcock's Multiverse
Forgotten Realms
The Princess and the Goblin
Shannara
Sun Wolf and Starhawk

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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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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EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Reflective in tone.

“There is a lesson every wizard of Earthsea learns young: to know a thing's true name is to hold its whole being, and to speak it is to move the balance of the world.”
from the catalogue description

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SparhawkUniverse

universe6 books1989

Fantasy and epic 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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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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Forgotten RealmsUniverse

universe526 books1987

Fantasy and epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Come in from the cold and mind the door — the wind off the Sword Coast has teeth.”
from the catalogue description

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The Princess and the GoblinSeries

seriesGeorge MacDonald2 books1871

About coming of age.

“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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ShannaraUniverse

universe50 books1977

Fantasy and epic 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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Sun Wolf and StarhawkSeries

seriesBarbara Hambly7 books1984

Fantasy and sword and sorcery, adventurous in tone, about wizards, set in secondary world.

“Sun Wolf's partnership with his lieutenant Starhawk carries across The Ladies of Mandrigyn, The Witches of Wenshar, and further volumes as both are drawn deeper into magic neither originally wanted.”
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 The Bifrost Guardians?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to The Bifrost Guardians on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Bifrost Guardians?: Godslayer. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Bifrost Guardians.
How big is The Bifrost Guardians?: The Bifrost Guardians is 6 books, 1987–2004.

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