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Books like The Sunset Warrior Cycle: 9 series to read next

The Sunset Warrior 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 Sunset Warrior Cycle is 5 books, 1977–1997.

“The Sunset Warrior Cycle is Eric Van Lustbader's debut fiction, a five-book science-fantasy saga centered on a warrior-hero called the Sunset Warrior.”
from the catalogue description

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Dilvish
Birthgrave
Tolkien's legendarium
Stephen King multiverse
Moorcock's Multiverse
The Riftwar
The Drenai Saga
The Crescent Moon Kingdoms
Forgotten Realms

DilvishSeries

seriesRoger Zelazny13 books1965

Fantasy and sword and sorcery, adventurous in tone, about quests, set in secondary world.

“Centuries ago, the half-elf warrior Dilvish tried to stop a dark sorcerer named Jelerak from completing a terrible ritual, and paid for it by being turned to stone and having his soul cast into Hell.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Passage to Dilfar →

BirthgraveSeries

seriesTanith Lee3 books1975

About identity.

“The person: a woman awakening from a deathlike sleep.”
from the catalogue description of The Birthgrave

Start with The Birthgrave →

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.”
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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 →

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.”
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The RiftwarUniverse

universe44 books1982

Fantasy and epic 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.”
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The Drenai SagaSeries

seriesDavid Gemmell15 books1984

About redemption and war.

“David Andrew Gemmell was a British author of heroic fantasy, best known for his debut novel, Legend.”
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Start with Legend →

The Crescent Moon KingdomsSeries

seriesSaladin Ahmed1 book2012

About monster hunting, set in desert.

“A handful of reluctant heroes must uncover the truth behind the killings before the kingdom tears itself apart.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Throne of the Crescent Moon →

Forgotten RealmsUniverse

universe526 books1987

Fantasy and epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Come in from the cold and mind the door — the wind off the Sword Coast has teeth.”
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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 Sunset Warrior Cycle?: Dilvish — the closest match to The Sunset Warrior Cycle on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Sunset Warrior Cycle?: The Sunset Warrior. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Sunset Warrior Cycle.
How big is The Sunset Warrior Cycle?: The Sunset Warrior Cycle is 5 books, 1977–1997.

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