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Books like The Quickening milieu: 9 series to read next

The Quickening milieu is fantasy and epic fantasy, set in secondary world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Quickening milieu is 4 books, 2003–2012.

“When another doctor, Reynard, asks him to help with a delusional female patient, Gabe is reluctant...until he meets her.”
from the catalogue description of The Scrivener's Tale

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Fionavar Universe
Narnia
Tolkien's legendarium
Forgotten Realms
World of Ice and Fire
Sword of Truth
Cosmere
The Riftwar
The Drenai Saga

Fionavar UniverseSeries

seriesGuy Gavriel Kay5 books1984

Epic fantasy and fantasy, emotional in tone, set in secondary world and contemporary.

“Kay lived in the countryside near Aix-en-Provence, the setting of Ysabel, while he wrote it.”
from the catalogue description of Ysabel

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NarniaUniverse

universe38 books1950

“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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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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Forgotten RealmsUniverse

universe526 books1987

Fantasy and epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Come in from the cold and mind the door — the wind off the Sword Coast has teeth.”
from the catalogue description

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World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Epic fantasy and fantasy, dark in tone, about war and political intrigue, set in secondary world.

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

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Sword of TruthUniverse

universe27 books1994

Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Truth is a blade, and it cuts the hand that grips it carelessly.”
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

Start with The Final Empire →

The RiftwarUniverse

universe44 books1982

Epic fantasy and 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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The Drenai SagaSeries

seriesDavid Gemmell15 books1984

About redemption.

“David Andrew Gemmell was a British author of heroic fantasy, best known for his debut novel, Legend.”
from the catalogue description
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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 Quickening milieu?: Fionavar Universe — the closest match to The Quickening milieu on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Quickening milieu?: The Scrivener's Tale. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Quickening milieu.
How big is The Quickening milieu?: The Quickening milieu is 4 books, 2003–2012.

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