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Books like The Singing Hills Cycle: 9 series to read next

The Singing Hills Cycle 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 Singing Hills Cycle is 7 books, 2020–2026.

“The plot focuses on a cleric who listens to stories about the recently deceased empress.”
from the catalogue description of The Empress of Salt and Fortune

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Earthsea
Tolkien's legendarium
Zimiamvian Trilogy
The Kingkiller Chronicle
Narnia
The Last Unicorn
His Dark Materials
World of Ice and Fire
The World of Riverside

EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Epic fantasy, 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.”
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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Zimiamvian TrilogySeries

seriesE. R. Eddison4 books1922

Epic fantasy.

“Dissolution of the realm seems certain as alliances are formed and begin to intrigue against each other.”
from the catalogue description of Mistress of Mistresses
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The Kingkiller ChronicleSeries

seriesPatrick Rothfuss8 books2002

“The first two books, The Name of the Wind and The Wise Man's Fear, were released in 2007 and 2011.”
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 Last UnicornSeries

seriesPeter S. Beagle8 books1968

Fantasy, bittersweet in tone, about quests, set in secondary world.

“The Last Unicorn is Peter S. Beagle's 1968 fantasy novel about a unicorn who, believing herself the last of her kind, sets out to learn what became of the others.”
from the catalogue description

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His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

Adventurous in tone, about coming of age, set in parallel universe.

“In a world like ours and unlike it, every human soul walks outside the body in the shape of an animal — a daemon, who speaks, who cannot be lied to, and who settles into one fixed form only when childhood ends.”
from the catalogue description

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World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Epic fantasy, dark in tone, about war.

“Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”
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The World of RiversideSeries

seriesEllen Kushner, Joel Derfner, Tessa Gratton, Karen Lord, Delia Sherman, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Liz Duffy Adams, Racheline Maltese, Malinda Lo, Paul Witcover, Juliet Ulman, Mary Anne Mohanraj, Patty Bryant & Kelly Robson72 books1982

Fantasy, about political intrigue, set in secondary world.

“The wider World of Riverside has since expanded into shared-world short fiction and anthologies, such as Swords of Riverside, contributed to by numerous other writers.”
from the catalogue description

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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 Singing Hills Cycle?: Earthsea — the closest match to The Singing Hills Cycle on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Singing Hills Cycle?: The Empress of Salt and Fortune. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Singing Hills Cycle.
How big is The Singing Hills Cycle?: The Singing Hills Cycle is 7 books, 2020–2026.

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