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Books like The Shadow Rising

If you liked The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.

  1. The Eye of the World

    Robert Jordan · 1990 · The Wheel of Time #1

    Because same series (The Wheel of Time #1); also by Robert Jordan; shares tags: fantasy, epic, prophecy.

    Farm boys flee Trollocs with Moiraine and Lan, split at Shadar Logoth, and trek to the Eye in the Blight.

  2. The Great Hunt

    Robert Jordan · 1990 · The Wheel of Time #2

    Because same series (The Wheel of Time #2); also by Robert Jordan; shares tags: fantasy, epic, prophecy.

    Rand hunts the stolen Horn of Valere across the land while Egwene and Nynaeve face the Seanchan and the White Tower.

  3. The Dragon Reborn

    Robert Jordan · 1991 · The Wheel of Time #3

    Because same series (The Wheel of Time #3); also by Robert Jordan; shares tags: fantasy, epic, prophecy.

    Rand flees to Tear to claim Callandor while Perrin, Mat, and Egwene are drawn after him to the fallen Stone.

  4. Oathbringer

    Brandon Sanderson · 2017 · The Stormlight Archive #3

    Because shares tags: fantasy, epic, magic.

    Dalinar chases unity in Urithiru while Kholinar falls and an old oath demands payment.

  5. Words of Radiance

    Brandon Sanderson · 2014 · The Stormlight Archive #2

    Because shares tags: fantasy, epic, magic.

    Kaladin guards Dalinar, Shallan hunts Urithiru, and the Everstorm gathers.

  6. The Wise Man's Fear

    Patrick Rothfuss · 2011 · The Kingkiller Chronicle #2

    Because shares tags: fantasy, magic, epic.

    Kvothe leaves the University to serve Maer Alveron in Vintas, then survives Felurian, the Adem and a trial back home.

  7. The Way of Kings

    Brandon Sanderson · 2010 · The Stormlight Archive #1

    Because shares tags: fantasy, epic, magic.

    A slave, a warlord, and a scholar thief collide on a storm battered world marching toward an old war.

  8. Wizard's First Rule

    Terry Goodkind · 1994 · Sword of Truth #1

    Because shares tags: fantasy, magic.

    Woods guide Richard joins Kahlan and wizard Zedd to find the Boxes of Orden before Darken Rahl, learning why people believe lies.

  9. Uprooted

    Naomi Novik · 2015

    Because shares tags: fantasy, magic.

    The Dragon takes messy Agnieszka instead of perfect Kasia to his tower, and she must learn wild magic to face the corrupt Wood.

  10. The Priory of the Orange Tree

    Samantha Shannon · 2019 · The Roots of Chaos #1

    Because shares tags: fantasy, epic.

    Mage guard Ead, rider Tané, and lord Loth circle a waking wyrm.

  11. The Atlas Six

    Olivie Blake · 2020 · The Atlas Six #1

    Because shares tags: fantasy, magic.

    Six rival magicians join the Alexandrian Society where five survive.

  12. The Alloy of Law

    Brandon Sanderson · 2011 · Mistborn #4

    Because shares tags: fantasy, magic.

    Wax and Wayne chase Vanishers by rail in a gunpowder Mistborn city 300 years later.

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