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Books like The Castings Trilogy: 9 series to read next

The Castings Trilogy is epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Castings Trilogy is 3 books, 2007–2009.

“Today, the Domains are ruled with an iron fist by the warlords of Acton.”
from the catalogue description of Blood Ties

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Tolkien's legendarium
The Castings World
World of Ice and Fire
Malazan
Earthsea
Moorcock's Multiverse
The Riftwar
The Prison Healer
Song of the Last Kingdom

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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The Castings WorldSeries

seriesPamela Freeman4 books2007

Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Two peoples have been fighting over the same land for a thousand years.”
from the catalogue description of Ember and Ash

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World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

About political intrigue and war.

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

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MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

About war.

“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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EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

About wizards.

“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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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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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 Prison HealerSeries

seriesLynette Noni3 books2021

Tense in tone.

“Lynette Noni's YA trilogy follows Kiva Meridan, a teenage healer imprisoned in the brutal death camp of Zalindov, who is forced to stand trial by combat in another prisoner's place when a mysterious rebel movement upends the prison's order.”
from the catalogue description

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Song of the Last KingdomSeries

seriesAmélie Wen Zhao2 books2023

Epic fantasy and fantasy, dark in tone, about colonialism, set in secondary world.

“Lan spends her nights as a songgirl in Haak’gong, a city transformed by the Elantian colonizers.”
from the catalogue description of Song of Silver, Flame Like Night

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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.

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What should I read after The Castings Trilogy?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to The Castings Trilogy on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Castings Trilogy?: Blood Ties. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Castings Trilogy.
How big is The Castings Trilogy?: The Castings Trilogy is 3 books, 2007–2009.

Books like The Castings Trilogy: 9 series to read next

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