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Books like The Eternal Cycle: 9 series to read next

The Eternal Cycle is fantasy. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Eternal Cycle is 3 books, 2006–2012.

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Tolkien's legendarium
Fallen
Bewitched (Laura Thalassa)
The Forever King
A Game of Shadows
Age of the Five
Earthsea
Watership Down
His Dark Materials

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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FallenSeries

seriesLauren Kate7 books2009

Paranormal romance, about angels and forbidden love.

“Lauren Kate's Fallen opens with Luce Price, sent to a reform school in Savannah after a fire she can't explain, where she meets Daniel, a boy she is certain she has met before.”
from the catalogue description

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Bewitched (Laura Thalassa)Series

seriesLaura Thalassa4 books2023

About witches.

Start with The Curse That Binds →

The Forever KingSeries

seriesMolly Cochran & Warren Murphy3 books1992

About chosen one.

“The Forever King, by Molly Cochran and Warren Murphy, reimagines the Arthurian legend with a contemporary setting, bringing King Arthur's story back into the present day.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Forever King →

A Game of ShadowsSeries

seriesThea Harrison2 books2013

Emotional in tone.

“In the hospital ER where she works, Mary is used to chaos.”
from the catalogue description of Rising Darkness

Start with Rising Darkness →

Age of the FiveSeries

seriesTrudi Canavan3 books2005

Epic fantasy, about gods and faith and religion.

“In a land on the brink of peace—watched jealously by a ruthless cult from across the sea and beset by hidden enemies—five extraordinary humans must serve as sword and shield of the Gods.Auraya is one.”
from the catalogue description of Priestess of the White
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Start with Priestess of the White →

EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Epic fantasy, reflective in tone, 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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Watership DownSeries

seriesRichard Adams21 books1972

Adventurous in tone, about survival and quests, set in countryside & village.

“Adams returned to the same world in 1996 with Tales from Watership Down, a collection of nineteen short stories mixing rabbit folklore with further adventures of characters from the novel.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Watership Down →

His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

Adventurous in tone, about coming of age, set in parallel universe.

“In a world like ours and unlike it, every human soul walks outside the body in the shape of an animal — a daemon, who speaks, who cannot be lied to, and who settles into one fixed form only when childhood ends.”
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.

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What should I read after The Eternal Cycle?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to The Eternal Cycle on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Eternal Cycle?: Yesterday's Dreams. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Eternal Cycle.
How big is The Eternal Cycle?: The Eternal Cycle is 3 books, 2006–2012.

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