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Books like The Kormak Saga: 9 series to read next

The Kormak Saga is sword and sorcery, set in secondary world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Kormak Saga is 19 books, 2005–2024.

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Brak the Barbarian
Hyborian Age
Moorcock's Multiverse
Kane
World of Ice and Fire
The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieu
The Demon Cycle
The Crescent Moon Kingdoms
Chronicles of the Necromancer Universe

Brak the BarbarianSeries

seriesJohn Jakes16 books1963

Sword and sorcery and fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests, set in secondary world.

“John Jakes's Brak the Barbarian follows his own wandering barbarian swordsman, Brak, through sword-and-sorcery adventures modeled on the pulp tradition of the 1930s and '40s but original to Jakes rather than adapted from an earlier author.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Brak the Barbarian →

Hyborian AgeUniverse

universe242 books1929

Sword and sorcery and fantasy, adventurous in tone, set in secondary world.

“Earlier still lies the Thurian Age of Kull of Valusia, brooding forerunner to Conan.”
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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KaneSeries

seriesKarl Edward Wagner25 books1970

Sword and sorcery and dark fantasy, dark in tone, set in secondary world.

“Most Kane tales are sword and sorcery with strong elements of gothic horror and set in a grim, pre-medieval world which is nonetheless ancient and rich in history.”
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Start with Darkness Weaves with Many Shades ... →

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Epic fantasy, about war.

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

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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) →

The Demon CycleUniverse

universe18 books2008

Epic fantasy.

“When the sun goes down, the ground breathes out murder.”
from the catalogue description

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The Crescent Moon KingdomsSeries

seriesSaladin Ahmed1 book2012

Epic fantasy, set in desert.

“A handful of reluctant heroes must uncover the truth behind the killings before the kingdom tears itself apart.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Throne of the Crescent Moon →

Chronicles of the Necromancer UniverseSeries

seriesGail Z. Martin30 books2007

Epic fantasy.

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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 Kormak Saga?: Brak the Barbarian — the closest match to The Kormak Saga on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Kormak Saga?: Stealer of Flesh. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Kormak Saga.
How big is The Kormak Saga?: The Kormak Saga is 19 books, 2005–2024.

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