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Books like The Videssos Cycle: 9 series to read next

The Videssos Cycle is historical fantasy and fantasy, about war, 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 Videssos Cycle is 4 books, from 1987.

“Turtledove uses his knowledge of Byzantine Empire history and military experience extensively within the story.”
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The Riftwar
The Codex Alera
World of Ice and Fire
Sparhawk
The Acacia Trilogy
The Powder Mage
Dragon Trilogies
Cosmere
Kyralia series

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 Codex AleraSeries

seriesJim Butcher6 books2004

Fantasy and epic fantasy, adventurous and tense in tone, about war and political intrigue, set in secondary world.

“Jim Butcher's six-book series, continuing through Academ's Fury, Cursor's Fury, Captain's Fury, Princeps' Fury, and First Lord's Fury, builds from small-scale political maneuvering into full-scale war.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Furies of Calderon →

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Dark in tone.

“Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”
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SparhawkUniverse

universe6 books1989

About quests.

“Sir Sparhawk is not a young man, and he has little patience for the pageantry his order pretends to.”
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The Acacia TrilogySeries

seriesDavid Anthony Durham3 books2007

Dark in tone.

“David Anthony Durham's trilogy, continuing through The Other Lands and The Sacred Band, follows the siblings as each confronts a different piece of the empire's hidden machinery.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Acacia: The War with the Mein →

The Powder MageUniverse

universe19 books2013

Fantasy and epic fantasy, tense in tone, about war and political intrigue, set in secondary world.

“Load your powder, and pray your sorcery outruns their cannon.”
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Dragon TrilogiesSeries

seriesMelanie Rawn6 books1988

About dragons.

“The Dragon Prince trilogy focuses on Prince Rohan of the Desert and his Sunrunner wife, Sioned, while the Dragon Star trilogy focuses on their son, Pol.”
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CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

Fantasy and epic 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 →

Kyralia seriesUniverse

universe8 books2001

About wizards.

“Once a year the magicians of Kyralia sweep the beggars out of the capital, and once a year the beggars throw stones.”
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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 Videssos Cycle?: The Riftwar — the closest match to The Videssos Cycle on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Videssos Cycle?: The Misplaced Legion. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Videssos Cycle.
How big is The Videssos Cycle?: The Videssos Cycle is 4 books, from 1987.

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