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Books like Theseus: 9 series to read next

Theseus is historical fiction and mythic fantasy, about quests, set in mediterranean, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Theseus is 2 books, 1958–1962.

“Renault wrote a sequel, The Bull from the Sea, in 1962.”
from the catalogue description of The King Must Die

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Golden Apple Trilogy
Young Heroes
Gods and Warriors
Pandava
Marcus
His Dark Materials
The Sea of Trolls
Christ the Lord
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Golden Apple TrilogySeries

seriesEmily Hauser3 books2016

Mythic fantasy, set in ancient world and mediterranean.

Start with For the Most Beautiful →

Young HeroesSeries

seriesJane Yolen & Robert J. Harris4 books2001

Fantasy.

Start with Odysseus in the Serpent Maze →

Gods and WarriorsSeries

seriesMichelle Paver5 books2012

Adventure, tense in tone.

Start with Gods and Warriors →

PandavaSeries

seriesRoshani Chokshi5 books2018

Fantasy, set in contemporary.

“The next books are Aru Shah and the Song of Death, Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes, Aru Shah and the City of Gold, and Aru Shah and the Nectar of Immortality.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Aru Shah and the End of Time →

MarcusSeries

seriesRosemary Sutcliff4 books1954

Set in british isles.

“Later books, including The Silver Branch and The Lantern Bearers, follow his descendants through Britain's slow slide out of the Empire.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Eagle of the Ninth →

His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

Fantasy, 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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The Sea of TrollsSeries

seriesNancy Farmer3 books2004

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Nancy Farmer's trilogy, continuing through The Land of the Silver Apples and The Islands of the Blessed, sends Jack further into Norse myth, eventually as far as the realm of the giants, Jötunheimr.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Sea of Trolls →

Christ the LordSeries

seriesAnne Rice2 books2005

About faith and religion, set in middle east.

“Rice wrote the novel after returning to the Catholic Church in 1998.”
from the catalogue description of Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt

Start with Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt →

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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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.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after Theseus?: Golden Apple Trilogy — the closest match to Theseus on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Theseus?: The King Must Die. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Theseus.
How big is Theseus?: Theseus is 2 books, 1958–1962.
Is Theseus finished?: Yes — 2 books, 1958–1962.

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