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Books like The Zero Enigma: 9 series to read next

The Zero Enigma 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 Zero Enigma is 13 books, 2017–2025.

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The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieu
Earthsea
Ile-Rien
Kyralia series
The Riftwar
Narnia
The Daevabad Trilogy
The Kingkiller Chronicle
World of Ice and Fire

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) →

EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Epic fantasy, reflective in tone.

“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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Ile-RienSeries

seriesMartha Wells12 books1993

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“The Ile-Rien books are a series of fantasy novels by Martha Wells set in the fictional country of Ile-Rien.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Element of Fire →

Kyralia seriesUniverse

universe8 books2001

Epic fantasy.

“Once a year the magicians of Kyralia sweep the beggars out of the capital, and once a year the beggars throw stones.”
from the catalogue description

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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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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 Daevabad TrilogySeries

seriesS. A. Chakraborty5 books2017

Epic fantasy.

“Nahri is a con artist and unlicensed healer working the streets of 18th-century Cairo who accidentally summons Dara, a formidable djinn warrior, during a fake exorcism gone wrong.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The City of Brass →

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
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Name of the Wind →

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.”
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 Zero Enigma?: The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieu — the closest match to The Zero Enigma on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Zero Enigma?: The Zero Blessing. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Zero Enigma.
How big is The Zero Enigma?: The Zero Enigma is 13 books, 2017–2025.

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