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Books like Shōgun 1975
Matched on how they feel, not on genre or who made them: the same pull on fourteen measures of character (tone, pace, scale, ambiguity and the rest), read from each title on Taste Buds. About Shōgun
Books closest to Shōgun
Fool's fate 2003Also earnest, classical in form and epic
The Secrets of Jin-Shei (Jin-Shei #1) 2004Also earnest, grave and epic
The Given Day 1999Also earnest, classical in form and grave
All the Seas of the World 2022Also grave, earnest and classical in form
Kushiel's dart 2001Also epic, classical in form and grave
Children of earth and sky 2016Also earnest, classical in form and grave
A song for Arbonne 1992Also earnest, grave and classical in form
Ogniem i mieczem 1890Also earnest, classical in form and grave
Assassin's Quest 1997Also earnest, epic and classical in form
Assassin's Fate 2017Also earnest, classical in form and grave
Last of the Amazons 2002Also earnest, grave and classical in form
Antony and Cleopatra 2007Also earnest, classical in form and epic
The same feel, in other forms
Series
Vikings 2013Also earnest, classical in form and epic
Shōgun 2024Also earnest, epic and grave
House of the Dragon 2022Also epic, earnest and classical in form
Films
Kingdom of Heaven 2005Also grave, epic and classical in form
Ponniyin Selvan: Part II 2023Also earnest, grave and classical in form
The Odyssey 2026Also epic, earnest and grave
Albums
- Aspiral 2025Also grave, epic and earnest
- Yesterwynde 2024Also earnest, grave and epic
- Zero Gravity (Rebirth and Evolution) 2019Also grave, earnest and epic
Games
God of War 2018Also earnest, grave and epic
Peacemaker: Bloody Emperor 2026Also grave, earnest and epic
Black Myth: Wukong 2024Also earnest, grave and epic
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