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Books like The Hidden Earth Chronicles: 9 series to read next

The Hidden Earth Chronicles is set in secondary world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Hidden Earth Chronicles is 3 books, 2007–2018.

“The Damned World is home to twelve warring races, none of them aware that they are all creatures of legendary Earth.”
from the catalogue description of Darkness of the Light

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Tolkien's legendarium
Narnia
Shannara
Moorcock's Multiverse
Redwall
Sparhawk
Cosmere
The Riftwar
Paksenarrion

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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NarniaUniverse

universe38 books1950

Portal fantasy.

“Once there is a wardrobe at the back of a spare room, and behind the fur coats the wood gives way to snow, and a lamp-post burns alone among the trees.”
from the catalogue description

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ShannaraUniverse

universe50 books1977

Fantasy and epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Long after the world we know has burned itself to slag in the Great Wars, the Four Lands rise green over the bones of the old age.”
from the catalogue description

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Moorcock's MultiverseUniverse

universe102 books1961

Set in secondary world.

“The Multiverse is not one world but an endless lattice of them, worlds folded within worlds, each a variation on the last — and through every one of them walks a single conscripted soul.”
from the catalogue description

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RedwallUniverse

universe32 books1986

“Ring the Joseph Bell and lay the long tables, for a tale is starting.”
from the catalogue description

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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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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

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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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PaksenarrionUniverse

universe31 books1988

Epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“A sheepfarmer's daughter refuses the marriage her father arranged, walks off the farm with nothing but a good knife, and signs her name to a mercenary company's roll.”
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.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after The Hidden Earth Chronicles?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to The Hidden Earth Chronicles on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Hidden Earth Chronicles?: Darkness of the Light. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Hidden Earth Chronicles.
How big is The Hidden Earth Chronicles?: The Hidden Earth Chronicles is 3 books, 2007–2018.
Is The Hidden Earth Chronicles finished?: Yes — 3 books, 2007–2018.

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