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Books like The Rift Chronicles: 9 series to read next

The Rift Chronicles is science fantasy. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Rift Chronicles is 3 books, 2020–2021.

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Shannara
Cosmere
Tolkien's legendarium
The Riftwar
Alliance-Union
Earth's End
The Crimson Shadow
Renshai Universe
Ile-Rien

ShannaraUniverse

universe50 books1977

Epic fantasy.

“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.”
from the catalogue description

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CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

Epic fantasy.

“Before the worlds, there was Adonalsium, and then there was not.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Final Empire →

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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The RiftwarUniverse

universe44 books1982

Epic fantasy.

“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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Alliance-UnionUniverse

universe173 books1976

Science fiction, set in far future.

“Around that spine cluster the merchanter novels of trader Families, the Faded Sun trilogy of human envoys among the martial alien Mri, and the Chanur books, narrated from the hierarchical, whiskered viewpoint of the hani.”
from the catalogue description

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Earth's EndSeries

seriesFred Saberhagen, Gene Bostwick, Michael A. Stackpole, Pati Nagle, Robert E. Vardeman, Sage Walker, Thomas Saberhagen & Walter Jon Williams24 books1968

Science fantasy, set in secondary world.

Start with Dragon Debt →

The Crimson ShadowSeries

seriesR. A. Salvatore3 books1995

Epic fantasy.

“Luthien Bedwyr takes up the identity of the masked thief known as the Crimson Shadow to rally the peasants and fierce tribes of occupied Eriador against Greensparrow, the wizard-king who rules through fear and dark magic.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Sword of Bedwyr →

Renshai UniverseSeries

seriesMickey Zucker Reichert9 books1992

Epic fantasy.

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Ile-RienSeries

seriesMartha Wells12 books1993

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“The Ile-Rien books are a series of fantasy novels by Martha Wells set in the fictional country of Ile-Rien.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with The Element of Fire →

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 Rift Chronicles?: Shannara — the closest match to The Rift Chronicles on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Rift Chronicles?: Magitek. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Rift Chronicles.
How big is The Rift Chronicles?: The Rift Chronicles is 3 books, 2020–2021.

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