Series

Books like Tomoe Gozen: 9 series to read next

Tomoe Gozen is fantasy and mythic fantasy, set in medieval, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Tomoe Gozen is 5 books, 1981–1986.

“In that world there is an island empire called Naipon, where the gods and demons known only as legends in our Japan roam freely over the land, bringing good and evil to its people as they choose.”
from the catalogue description

The Tomoe Gozen page →Narrow this list →

The Sea of Trolls
His Dark Materials
Narnia
Tolkien's legendarium
Eric Brighteyes
Three Hearts and Three Lions
The Dragon and the George
Glory Road
Watership Down

The Sea of TrollsSeries

seriesNancy Farmer3 books2004

About coming of age, 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 →

His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

About coming of age.

“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

Reading order →

NarniaUniverse

universe38 books1950

Portal fantasy, set in secondary world.

“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

Reading order →

Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

universe163 books1923

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

Reading order →

Eric BrighteyesSeries

seriesH. Rider Haggard & Mildred Downey Broxon2 books1891

Set in scandinavia.

Start with Eric Brighteyes →

Three Hearts and Three LionsSeries

seriesHarry Turtledove, Poul Anderson & Tad Williams3 books1961

About transported to another world, set in secondary world.

Start with Three Hearts and Three Lions →

The Dragon and the GeorgeSeries

seriesGordon R. Dickson10 books1957

Portal fantasy, about dragons and transported to another world, set in secondary world.

“George the Dragon-Slayer', and in part a reference to the latter.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Dragon and the George →

Glory RoadSeries

seriesMatthew J. Costello & Robert A. Heinlein2 books1963

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests.

“A veteran of the US military finds himself enlisted in a sword and sorcery style quest by a beautiful warrior empress from a coalition of different universes.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Glory Road →

Watership DownSeries

seriesRichard Adams21 books1972

About survival, set in countryside & village and our world.

“Adams returned to the same world in 1996 with Tales from Watership Down, a collection of nineteen short stories mixing rabbit folklore with further adventures of characters from the novel.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Watership Down →

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 Tomoe Gozen?: The Sea of Trolls — the closest match to Tomoe Gozen on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Tomoe Gozen?: Tomoe Gozen. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Tomoe Gozen.
How big is Tomoe Gozen?: Tomoe Gozen is 5 books, 1981–1986.

Books like Tomoe Gozen: 9 series to read next

Read next in Tomoe Gozen

Why these

Questions readers ask

Other series like this one