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Books like The God Fragments: 9 series to read next

The God Fragments is fantasy and epic fantasy, 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 God Fragments is 4 books, 2016–2019.

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Tolkien's legendarium
World of Ice and Fire
The Riftwar
Cosmere
Sparhawk
Forgotten Realms
The Circle of the World
The Drenai Saga
The Codex Alera

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

Fantasy and epic 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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The RiftwarUniverse

universe44 books1982

Fantasy and epic 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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CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

Fantasy and epic 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 →

SparhawkUniverse

universe6 books1989

Fantasy and epic fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests, set in secondary world.

“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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Forgotten RealmsUniverse

universe526 books1987

Fantasy and epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Come in from the cold and mind the door — the wind off the Sword Coast has teeth.”
from the catalogue description

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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 →

The Drenai SagaSeries

seriesDavid Gemmell15 books1984

About redemption.

“David Andrew Gemmell was a British author of heroic fantasy, best known for his debut novel, Legend.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Legend →

The Codex AleraSeries

seriesJim Butcher6 books2004

Tense in tone.

“Jim Butcher's six-book series, continuing through Academ's Fury, Cursor's Fury, Captain's Fury, Princeps' Fury, and First Lord's Fury, builds from small-scale political maneuvering into full-scale war.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Furies of Calderon →

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 God Fragments?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to The God Fragments on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The God Fragments?: Stranger of Tempest. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The God Fragments.
How big is The God Fragments?: The God Fragments is 4 books, 2016–2019.

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