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Books like The Dinosaur Lords: 9 series to read next

The Dinosaur Lords is epic fantasy, about dragons and war, 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 Dinosaur Lords is 4 books, 2015–2017.

“A world made by the Eight Creators on which to play out their games of passion and power, Paradise is a sprawling, diverse, often brutal place.”
from the catalogue description

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World of Ice and Fire
Tolkien's legendarium
Dragon Trilogies
The Riftwar
Malazan
Sparhawk
Memory, Sorrow & Thorn
The Traitor Son Cycle
Cosmere

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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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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Dragon TrilogiesSeries

seriesMelanie Rawn6 books1988

Tense in tone.

“The Dragon Prince trilogy focuses on Prince Rohan of the Desert and his Sunrunner wife, Sioned, while the Dragon Star trilogy focuses on their son, Pol.”
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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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SparhawkUniverse

universe6 books1989

About quests.

“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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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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The Traitor Son CycleSeries

seriesMiles Cameron5 books2012

Tense in tone.

“Twenty eight florins a month is nowhere near enough when a wyvern's jaws snap shut on your helmet in the hot stink of battle, and the beast starts to rip the head from your shoulders.”
from the catalogue description of The Red Knight

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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

Start with The Final Empire →

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 Dinosaur Lords?: World of Ice and Fire — the closest match to The Dinosaur Lords on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Dinosaur Lords?: The Dinosaur Lords. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Dinosaur Lords.
How big is The Dinosaur Lords?: The Dinosaur Lords is 4 books, 2015–2017.
Is The Dinosaur Lords finished?: Yes — 4 books, 2015–2017.

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