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Books like Torvald Kingdoms: 9 series to read next

Torvald Kingdoms is set in secondary world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Torvald Kingdoms is 18 books, 2015–2020.

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Tolkien's legendarium
Earthsea
World of Ice and Fire
Memory, Sorrow & Thorn
Dragonlance
Halfblood Chronicles
Dragon Trilogies
Stephen King multiverse
Damar

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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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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World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Epic fantasy, dark in tone, about political intrigue and war.

“Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”
from the catalogue description

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Memory, Sorrow & ThornUniverse

universe14 books1988

Epic fantasy.

“Winter comes to Osten Ard out of its season, and behind the cold rides something older than the kingdoms of men.”
from the catalogue description

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DragonlanceUniverse

universe436 books1984

Epic fantasy.

“The gods have kept their silence over Krynn for three hundred years, and the world has learned to make do without them: the dragons are a nursery tale, the old clerics gone, faith worn down to superstition.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Dragons of Autumn Twilight →

Halfblood ChroniclesSeries

seriesAndre Norton & Mercedes Lackey3 books1991

Epic fantasy, about elves.

“Elvenbred, the fourth book in the series, remained unfinished due to the death of Andre Norton.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with The Elvenbane →

Dragon TrilogiesSeries

seriesMelanie Rawn6 books1988

Epic fantasy, tense in tone, about political intrigue.

“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.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

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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 →

DamarSeries

seriesRobin McKinley6 books1982

About coming of age.

“Robin McKinley's Damar novels are set in a desert kingdom threatened by invasion from the north.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Hero and the Crown →

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What should I read after Torvald Kingdoms?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to Torvald Kingdoms on what it is about, not on what sells.
How big is Torvald Kingdoms?: Torvald Kingdoms is 18 books, 2015–2020.

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