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Books like The Shiva Trilogy: 9 series to read next

The Shiva Trilogy is mythic fantasy and epic fantasy, about gods, set in secondary world, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Shiva Trilogy is 3 books, 2010–2014.

“The Meluhans believe that Shiva is their fabled saviour Neelkanth.”
from the catalogue description of The Immortals of Meluha

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Tolkien's legendarium
Narnia
The Dreamers
The Riftwar
Sparhawk
Cosmere
The Quest of the Riddle-Master
Moorcock's Multiverse
Guardians of Ga'hoole

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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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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The DreamersSeries

seriesDavid Eddings & Leigh Eddings5 books2003

About dark lord.

“The Elder Gods are not permitted to use their powers to kill, but the young Dreamers can use their dreams to predict and affect the future.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Elder Gods →

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.”
from the catalogue description

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SparhawkUniverse

universe6 books1989

Epic fantasy and fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests, set in secondary world.

“Sir Sparhawk is not a young man, and he has little patience for the pageantry his order pretends to.”
from the catalogue description

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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.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Final Empire →

The Quest of the Riddle-MasterSeries

seriesPatricia A. McKillip3 books1976

Epic fantasy and fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests, set in secondary world.

“Drawing on Celtic myth, the three books are prized for their lyrical prose and riddle-based magic, and are often cited among the best high fantasy of the 1970s.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Riddle-Master of Hed →

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.”
from the catalogue description

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Guardians of Ga'hooleSeries

seriesKathryn Lasky & Kathryn Huang17 books2003

About coming of age.

“Apart from the main series, there are a few more books and spin-offs set in the same universe.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Capture →

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.

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What should I read after The Shiva Trilogy?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to The Shiva Trilogy on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Shiva Trilogy?: The Immortals of Meluha. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Shiva Trilogy.
How big is The Shiva Trilogy?: The Shiva Trilogy is 3 books, 2010–2014.

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