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Books like The Renshai Trilogy: 9 series to read next

The Renshai Trilogy is 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 Renshai Trilogy is 3 books, 1992–1993.

“Mickey Zucker Reichert's Renshai Trilogy follows the last child of the Renshai, an outlawed clan of Viking-descended sword-warriors hunted to near-extinction for their martial skill.”
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Tolkien's legendarium
Memory, Sorrow & Thorn
Sword of Truth
Cosmere
Narnia
The Riftwar
Dragon Trilogies
Shannara
Moorcock's Multiverse

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.”
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Memory, Sorrow & ThornUniverse

universe14 books1988

Epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Winter comes to Osten Ard out of its season, and behind the cold rides something older than the kingdoms of men.”
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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.”
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CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Before the worlds, there was Adonalsium, and then there was not.”
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NarniaUniverse

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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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.”
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Dragon TrilogiesSeries

seriesMelanie Rawn6 books1988

Tense in tone, about dragons and political intrigue.

“The Dragon Prince trilogy focuses on Prince Rohan of the Desert and his Sunrunner wife, Sioned, while the Dragon Star trilogy focuses on their son, Pol.”
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ShannaraUniverse

universe50 books1977

Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Long after the world we know has burned itself to slag in the Great Wars, the Four Lands rise green over the bones of the old age.”
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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.”
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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 Renshai Trilogy?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to The Renshai Trilogy on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Renshai Trilogy?: The Last of the Renshai. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Renshai Trilogy.
How big is The Renshai Trilogy?: The Renshai Trilogy is 3 books, 1992–1993.

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