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Books like The Castings World: 9 series to read next

The Castings World 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 World is 4 books, 2007–2011.

“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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Tolkien's legendarium
World of Ice and Fire
Malazan
Song of the Last Kingdom
The Prison Healer
Shattered Sea
Grishaverse
Earthsea
Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever

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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World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

About political intrigue.

“Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”
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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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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The Prison HealerSeries

seriesLynette Noni3 books2021

Fantasy and epic fantasy, tense in tone, about revenge, set in secondary world.

“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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Shattered SeaSeries

seriesJoe Abercrombie4 books2014

About coming of age.

“Yarvi, el hijo menor del rey, nació con una malformación en una mano que ha llevado a todo el mundo, incluso a su propio padre, a considerarlo «medio hombre».”
from the catalogue description of Half a King
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GrishaverseUniverse

universe19 books2012

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Saints are canonized here the way soldiers are buried elsewhere — quietly, and too often.”
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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Thomas Covenant the UnbelieverSeries

seriesStephen R. Donaldson11 books1977

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

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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 World?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to The Castings World on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Castings World?: Ember and Ash. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Castings World.
How big is The Castings World?: The Castings World is 4 books, 2007–2011.

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