Loreful
HomeDiscover
Search series, authors…⌘K
Loreful

Reading orders for SF/F series and shared universes — with your place kept in every one.

Explore

UniversesSeriesWorksAuthorsAtlas

Help

FAQAboutSite map

Account & legal

Sign inCreate accountPrivacyTerms

Data

Built on ISFDB, Wikipedia, Wikidata and Open Library. Curated reading orders carry their reasoning on the page; the rest follow publication order. Data sources & licenses

© Loreful · data: ISFDB · CC BY

More like The Child

but
Narrow·
  • Cover of Gormenghast
    GormenghastSeries

    series · 6 books · 1946

    completed

    Gothic.

    “Peake was writing a fourth novel, Titus Awakes, at the time of his death in 1968.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Titus Groan →

    similar byfantasysecondary worlddark+1 more

  • Cover of World of Ice and Fire
    World of Ice and FireUniverse

    universe · 19 books · 1980

    Epic fantasy, about political intrigue and war.

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

    from the catalogue
    Start with A Game of Thrones →

    similar byfantasysecondary worlddark+1 more

    includes A Song of Ice and Fire, Targaryen History

  • Cover of Tales from the Sinister City
    Tales from the Sinister CitySeries

    series · 4 books · 2007

    “Each book stands as its own dark, fairy-tale-style mystery rather than continuing a single plot, unified by setting and tone more than by recurring characters.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Black Book of Secrets →

    similar byfantasysecondary world+3 more

  • Cover of Kairos
    KairosSeries

    series · 11 books · 1962

    completed

    Science fiction.

    Start with A Wrinkle in Time →

    similar by+2 more

  • Cover of Birthgrave
    BirthgraveSeries

    series · 3 books · 1975

    completed

    About revenge and identity.

    “The person: a woman awakening from a deathlike sleep.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Birthgrave →

    similar byfantasysecondary worlddark+1 more

  • Cover of Tolkien's legendarium
    Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

    universe · 163 books · 1923

    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
    Start with The Fellowship of the Ring →

    similar byfantasysecondary world

    includes The Lord of the Rings, The Fall of Gondolin, The Hobbit, The History of Middle Earth, The History of the Lord of the Rings