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Books like The Elemental Trilogy: 9 series to read next

The Elemental Trilogy is epic fantasy, about dark lord, set in secondary world, tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Elemental Trilogy is 3 books, 2013–2015.

“Iolanthe Seabourne is the greatest elemental mage of her generation—or so she's been told.”
from the catalogue description of The Burning Sky

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Tolkien's legendarium
Sword of Truth
Legacy of Orisha
Cosmere
Throne of Glass
The Empirium Trilogy
This Woven Kingdom
Earthsea
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.”
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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Legacy of OrishaSeries

seriesTomi Adeyemi3 books2018

About rebellion and revolution.

“Tomi Adeyemi's Legacy of Orïsha trilogy opens with Children of Blood and Bone, following Zélie, a girl from a persecuted caste of former magic-users, on a quest to restore magic to a kingdom that outlawed and hunted her people.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Children of Blood and Bone →

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 →

Throne of GlassSeries

seriesSarah J. Maas & Lynette Noni15 books2012

Epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“As the story progresses, Celaena forms unexpected bonds and uncovers a conspiracy amidst her adventures.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Throne of Glass →

The Empirium TrilogySeries

seriesClaire Legrand3 books2018

“When assassins ambush her best friend, Rielle Dardenne risks everything to save him, exposing herself as one of a pair of prophesied queens: a queen of light, and a queen of blood.”
from the catalogue description of Furyborn

Start with Furyborn →

This Woven KingdomSeries

seriesTahereh Mafi4 books2022

About political intrigue.

“Tahereh Mafi's This Woven Kingdom follows Alizeh, a servant girl who is secretly the long-lost heir to an ancient Jinn kingdom, and Kamran, the human crown prince drawn to her despite prophecies foretelling his own king's downfall.”
from the catalogue description

Start with This Woven Kingdom →

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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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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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 Elemental Trilogy?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to The Elemental Trilogy on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Elemental Trilogy?: The Burning Sky. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Elemental Trilogy.
How big is The Elemental Trilogy?: The Elemental Trilogy is 3 books, 2013–2015.

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