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Books like The Goblin Trilogy: 9 series to read next

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

The Goblin Trilogy is 3 books, 2005–2016.

“When the planet shifted, most of the surface dwellers were destroyed.”
from the catalogue description of Dance of the Goblins

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The Powerless Trilogy
Darwath
Tolkien's legendarium
Cosmere
World of Ice and Fire
Nazhuret of Sordaling / Lens of the World
The Circle of the World
Malazan
The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieu

The Powerless TrilogySeries

seriesLauren Roberts5 books2023

Romantasy.

“Lauren Roberts' trilogy, beginning with Powerless, was later expanded with a further Fearless duology set in the same world.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Powerless →

DarwathSeries

seriesBarbara Hambly7 books1982

Fantasy, dark in tone, set in secondary world.

“Darwath begins with two modern-day Californians pulled through a portal into a dying medieval world under siege from the Dark, shape-shifting monsters that hunt by night and are driving civilization underground.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Time of the Dark →

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

Reading order →

CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

Epic fantasy.

“Before the worlds, there was Adonalsium, and then there was not.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Final Empire →

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Epic fantasy, about political intrigue and war.

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

Reading order →

Nazhuret of Sordaling / Lens of the WorldSeries

seriesR. A. MacAvoy3 books1990

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“R. A. MacAvoy's trilogy continues through King of the Dead and Winter of the Wolf, following Nazhuret further into the politics of a court he was never meant to be part of.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Lens of the World →

The Circle of the WorldUniverse

universe29 books2006

Grimdark.

“What sets it apart is the honesty of its cynicism — close, sardonic points of view, gallows humour, and a flat refusal to let anyone stay clean.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Blade Itself →

MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

Epic fantasy, about war.

“Pity the historian who tries to map this world; pity more the god who thinks he rules it.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieuSeries

seriesGarth Nix11 books1995

Start with An Essay on Free Magic: (A manuscript fragment from the Great Library of the Clayr) →

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.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after The Goblin Trilogy?: The Powerless Trilogy — the closest match to The Goblin Trilogy on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Goblin Trilogy?: Dance of the Goblins. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Goblin Trilogy.
How big is The Goblin Trilogy?: The Goblin Trilogy is 3 books, 2005–2016.

Books like The Goblin Trilogy: 9 series to read next

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