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Books like The Old Kingdom: 9 series to read next

The Old Kingdom 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 Old Kingdom is 9 books, 1995–2021.

“Nix continued the series through Lirael, Abhorsen, Clariel, Goldenhand, and the prequel Terciel & Elinor, following different protagonists across generations in the same magical kingdom.”
from the catalogue description

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The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieu
Earthsea
Tolkien's legendarium
Grishaverse
World of Ice and Fire
Darwath
Stephen King multiverse
The Undertaken Trilogy
Gormenghast

The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieuSeries

seriesGarth Nix11 books1995

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

Start with An Essay on Free Magic: (A manuscript fragment from the Great Library of the Clayr) →

EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Epic fantasy, reflective in tone.

“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.”
from the catalogue description

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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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GrishaverseUniverse

universe19 books2012

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Saints are canonized here the way soldiers are buried elsewhere — quietly, and too often.”
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World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Epic fantasy, about political intrigue and war.

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

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DarwathSeries

seriesBarbara Hambly7 books1982

Fantasy, dark in tone, set in secondary world.

“Darwath begins with two modern-day Californians pulled through a portal into a dying medieval world under siege from the Dark, shape-shifting monsters that hunt by night and are driving civilization underground.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Time of the Dark →

Stephen King multiverseUniverse

universe46 books1967

Dark in tone.

“The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Gunslinger →

The Undertaken TrilogySeries

seriesAri Berk3 books2011

Fantasy, dark in tone, about undead and family secrets, set in secondary world.

Start with Death Watch →

GormenghastSeries

seriesMervyn Peake & Maeve Gilmore6 books1946

Gothic.

“Peake was writing a fourth novel, Titus Awakes, at the time of his death in 1968.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Titus Groan →

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 Old Kingdom?: The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieu — the closest match to The Old Kingdom on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Old Kingdom?: Sabriel. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Old Kingdom.
How big is The Old Kingdom?: The Old Kingdom is 9 books, 1995–2021.

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