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Books like The Red Pavilions: 9 series to read next

The Red Pavilions is set in secondary world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Red Pavilions is 3 books, 2001–2003.

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Tolkien's legendarium
Earthsea
Sword of Truth
The Riftwar
Tortall
Kyralia series
The Saga of Recluce
Darwath
Cosmere

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

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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Sword of TruthUniverse

universe27 books1994

Fantasy and epic 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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The RiftwarUniverse

universe44 books1982

Fantasy and epic 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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TortallUniverse

universe25 books1983

About coming of age.

“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.”
from the catalogue description

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Kyralia seriesUniverse

universe8 books2001

Fantasy and epic fantasy, about wizards and political intrigue, set in secondary world.

“Once a year the magicians of Kyralia sweep the beggars out of the capital, and once a year the beggars throw stones.”
from the catalogue description

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The Saga of RecluceSeries

seriesL. E. Modesitt & Jr.48 books1991

Fantasy and epic fantasy, about wizards and political intrigue, set in secondary world.

“While exiled to Candar, Lerris meets his uncle Justen, and comes to understand his father's ulterior motives for sending him off.”
from the catalogue description of The Magic of Recluce
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DarwathSeries

seriesBarbara Hambly7 books1982

Dark in tone.

“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 →

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 →

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 Red Pavilions?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to The Red Pavilions on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Red Pavilions?: Knight's Dawn. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Red Pavilions.
How big is The Red Pavilions?: The Red Pavilions is 3 books, 2001–2003.

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