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Books like The Savage Empire: 9 series to read next

The Savage Empire 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 Savage Empire is 7 books, 1981–1988.

“The Aventine Empire, seat of civilization, is crumbling under the attacks of powerful savages aided by a renegade telepath.”
from the catalogue description of Savage Empire

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Narnia
Tolkien's legendarium
Witch World
Cosmere
Magic Kingdom of Landover
Sword of Truth
The Riftwar
Stephen King multiverse
Shannara

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.”
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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Witch WorldUniverse

universe106 books1963

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Step through the Siege Perilous — the standing stone that answers only the hunted, those with nowhere left to run — and the fugitive is delivered not into death but into another world entirely.”
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 →

Magic Kingdom of LandoverSeries

seriesTerry Brooks8 books1986

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Written in 1986, it tells the story of how Ben Holiday, a talented but depressed Chicago trial lawyer, comes to be king of Landover, an otherworldly magical kingdom.”
from the catalogue description of Magic Kingdom for Sale—Sold!
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Start with Magic Kingdom for Sale—Sold! →

Sword of TruthUniverse

universe27 books1994

Epic fantasy.

“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

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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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 →

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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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 Savage Empire?: Narnia — the closest match to The Savage Empire on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Savage Empire?: Savage Empire. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Savage Empire.
How big is The Savage Empire?: The Savage Empire is 7 books, 1981–1988.

Books like The Savage Empire: 9 series to read next

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