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The Necromancer Council is 4 books, 2019–2021.

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Narnia
World of Ice and Fire
Tolkien's legendarium
Earthsea
Malazan
The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieu
Sparhawk
Swans' War
A Court of Thorns and Roses

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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World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Epic fantasy, dark in tone, about war.

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

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EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Epic fantasy, reflective in tone, about wizards.

“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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MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

Epic fantasy, dark in tone, about war.

“Pity the historian who tries to map this world; pity more the god who thinks he rules it.”
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The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieuSeries

seriesGarth Nix11 books1995

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SparhawkUniverse

universe6 books1989

Epic fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests.

“Sir Sparhawk is not a young man, and he has little patience for the pageantry his order pretends to.”
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Swans' WarSeries

seriesSean Russell3 books2001

Epic fantasy, dark in tone.

“The cataclysm began more than a century earlier, when the King of Ayr died before naming an heir to the throne, and damned his realm to chaos.”
from the catalogue description of The One Kingdom

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A Court of Thorns and RosesSeries

seriesSarah J. Maas6 books2015

Romantasy, emotional in tone, about fae.

“There are currently five novels in the series, with the sixth scheduled to release on October 27, 2026, and the seventh on January 12, 2027.”
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What should I read after The Necromancer Council?: Narnia — the closest match to The Necromancer Council on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Necromancer Council?: Wake the Dead. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Necromancer Council.
How big is The Necromancer Council?: The Necromancer Council is 4 books, 2019–2021.

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