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Books like Yelena Zaltana / Study: 9 series to read next

Yelena Zaltana / Study is fantasy, about political intrigue, set in secondary world, tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Yelena Zaltana / Study is 9 books, 2005–2025.

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Ixia & Sitia milieu
Kyralia series
Grishaverse
Tortall
Tolkien's legendarium
Ascendance (Jennifer A. Nielsen)
Earthsea
The Riftwar
The Tainted Blood Duology

Ixia & Sitia milieuSeries

seriesMaria V. Snyder12 books2005

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, set in secondary world.

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Kyralia seriesUniverse

universe8 books2001

Fantasy and epic fantasy, about political intrigue and wizards, set in secondary world.

“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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GrishaverseUniverse

universe19 books2012

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Saints are canonized here the way soldiers are buried elsewhere — quietly, and too often.”
from the catalogue description

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TortallUniverse

universe25 books1983

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about coming of age, set in secondary world.

“In Tortall she does it anyway — and earns the right the hard way, through bruises, cold mornings in the training yard, and the slow winning-over of people who swore she'd fail.”
from the catalogue description

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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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Ascendance (Jennifer A. Nielsen)Series

seriesJennifer A. Nielsen5 books2012

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about political intrigue, set in secondary world.

“After Sage ascends the throne, he turns out to be prince Jaron, and he has to lead Carthya through a destructive war with multiple neighboring nations.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with The False Prince →

EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

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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The RiftwarUniverse

universe44 books1982

Fantasy and epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“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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The Tainted Blood DuologySeries

seriesEhigbor Okosun2 books2023

About rebellion and revolution.

Start with Forged by Blood →

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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 Yelena Zaltana / Study?: Ixia & Sitia milieu — the closest match to Yelena Zaltana / Study on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Yelena Zaltana / Study?: Poison Study. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Yelena Zaltana / Study.
How big is Yelena Zaltana / Study?: Yelena Zaltana / Study is 9 books, 2005–2025.

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