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Books like The Kingkiller Chronicle: 9 series to read next

The Kingkiller Chronicle 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 Kingkiller Chronicle is 8 books, 2002–2023.

“The first two books, The Name of the Wind and The Wise Man's Fear, were released in 2007 and 2011.”
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Gentleman Bastard Sequence
Earthsea
The Licanius Trilogy
The Realm of the Elderlings
The Broken Empire
Tolkien's legendarium
Narnia
The Wizard Knight
Tortall

Gentleman Bastard SequenceSeries

seriesScott Lynch7 books2006

Loreful pick

A brilliant young trickster, a magic city, and the same pleasure in a well-run con.

“The Lies of Locke Lamora and its two sequels braid heist capers with flashbacks tracing how the gang was trained, escalating into a wider conflict involving crime lords and sorcerers.”
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Start with The Lies of Locke Lamora →

EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Loreful pick

The original school-of-magic-and-true-names story, told in a third of the pages.

“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.”
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The Licanius TrilogySeries

seriesJames Islington3 books2014

Loreful pick

For the reader who wants the same slow reveal from a series that is actually finished.

“The three books trace how the old war's cover-up starts to unravel.”
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Start with The Shadow of What Was Lost →

The Realm of the ElderlingsUniverse

universe24 books1995

Loreful pick

First-person, retrospective, and even better at making a life hurt in order.

“Some histories are told from a great height, kingdoms shuffled like game pieces on a board.”
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The Broken EmpireUniverse

universe27 books2011

Loreful pick

Another unreliable young narrator telling you his own legend — much less flattering to himself.

“What looks like sword-and-castle medievalism is the ash of our own age, and the magic is only physics that learned to listen.”
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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.”
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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.”
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The Wizard KnightSeries

seriesGene Wolfe2 books2004

About transported to another world.

“Able becomes a knight, and because of his connection with the magical and spiritual elements of the world around him is soon also dubbed a wizard.”
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Start with The Knight →

TortallUniverse

universe25 books1983

“In Tortall she does it anyway — and earns the right the hard way, through bruises, cold mornings in the training yard, and the slow winning-over of people who swore she'd fail.”
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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 Kingkiller Chronicle?: Gentleman Bastard Sequence. A brilliant young trickster, a magic city, and the same pleasure in a well-run con.
Where do I start with The Kingkiller Chronicle?: The Name of the Wind. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Kingkiller Chronicle.
How big is The Kingkiller Chronicle?: The Kingkiller Chronicle is 8 books, 2002–2023.

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