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Books like The Seven Deadly Demons: 9 series to read next

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

The Seven Deadly Demons is 5 books, 2020–2023.

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Tolkien's legendarium
Shannara
Darwath
Sword of Truth
The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieu
The Riftwar
Sun Wolf and Starhawk
Earthsea
Corona

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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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.”
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DarwathSeries

seriesBarbara Hambly7 books1982

Fantasy, dark in tone, set in secondary world.

“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 →

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 Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieuSeries

seriesGarth Nix11 books1995

Start with An Essay on Free Magic: (A manuscript fragment from the Great Library of the Clayr) →

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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Sun Wolf and StarhawkSeries

seriesBarbara Hambly7 books1984

Sword and sorcery, about wizards.

“Sun Wolf's partnership with his lieutenant Starhawk carries across The Ladies of Mandrigyn, The Witches of Wenshar, and further volumes as both are drawn deeper into magic neither originally wanted.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Ladies of Mandrigyn →

EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Epic fantasy, reflective in tone, about wizards.

“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.”
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CoronaUniverse

universe19 books1997

Epic fantasy.

“Beneath the sacred gemstones of the Abellican Church — a ruby to loose fire, malachite to lift a body into the air, the soul-stone to slip free of it — a ranger raised by elves and the woman he loves stand against a waking demon.”
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 Seven Deadly Demons?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to The Seven Deadly Demons on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Seven Deadly Demons?: Dungeon of Envy. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Seven Deadly Demons.
How big is The Seven Deadly Demons?: The Seven Deadly Demons is 5 books, 2020–2023.

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