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Books like Von Bek: 9 series to read next

Von Bek is dark in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Von Bek is 4 books, 1965–1986.

“Michael Moorcock's Von Bek novels follow the Von Bek family across different historical periods, part of his wider Eternal Champion multiverse.”
from the catalogue description

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The Broken Empire
Stephen King multiverse
Tolkien's legendarium
Karou
Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever
Birthgrave
The Dark Star Trilogy
World of Ice and Fire
Narnia

The Broken EmpireUniverse

universe27 books2011

Grimdark, set in secondary world.

“What looks like sword-and-castle medievalism is the ash of our own age, and the magic is only physics that learned to listen.”
from the catalogue description

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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

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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

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KarouSeries

seriesLaini Taylor4 books2011

Emotional in tone, set in secondary world.

“From copyright page: Seventeen year old Karou, a lovely, enigmatic art student in a Prague boarding school, carries a sketchbook of hideous, frightening monsters - the chimerae who form the only family she has ever known.”
from the catalogue description of Daughter of Smoke & Bone
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Thomas Covenant the UnbelieverSeries

seriesStephen R. Donaldson11 books1977

Epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

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BirthgraveSeries

seriesTanith Lee3 books1975

About revenge and identity, set in secondary world.

“The person: a woman awakening from a deathlike sleep.”
from the catalogue description of The Birthgrave

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The Dark Star TrilogySeries

seriesMarlon James2 books2019

Mythic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Marlon James's Dark Star Trilogy opens with Black Leopard, Red Wolf, in which a mercenary tracker is hired to find a missing boy and is drawn into a war between kingdoms across a continent built from African history and mythology.”
from the catalogue description

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World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

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

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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

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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 Von Bek?: The Broken Empire — the closest match to Von Bek on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Von Bek?: The War Hound and the World's Pain. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Von Bek.
How big is Von Bek?: Von Bek is 4 books, 1965–1986.

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