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Alternative Detective / Steeplejack is mystery & detective and fantasy, about class conflict, set in secondary world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Alternative Detective / Steeplejack is 4 books, 2016–2018.

“Anglet Sutonga is more realistic than most teenagers, but still dreams of rising above the impoverished streets of Bar-Selehm.”
from the catalogue description of Chains

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Tortall
Cosmere
Kyralia series
Queen's Thief
Enemies of the Prince
Grishaverse
Uncommon Magic
The Riftwar
His Dark Materials

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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CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

Epic fantasy.

“Before the worlds, there was Adonalsium, and then there was not.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Final Empire →

Kyralia seriesUniverse

universe8 books2001

Epic fantasy, about wizards.

“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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Queen's ThiefSeries

seriesMegan Whalen Turner41 books1996

Fantasy, about political intrigue, set in secondary world.

“Megan Whalen Turner's series expands from that single heist into court intrigue and small-scale warfare among a set of Mediterranean-flavored kingdoms, with later books often shifting whose perspective the reader trusts.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Thief →

Enemies of the PrinceSeries

seriesJustin Somper2 books2013

Fantasy, tense in tone, set in secondary world.

Start with Allies & Assassins →

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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Uncommon MagicSeries

seriesR. J. Anderson2 books2015

Start with A Pocket Full of Murder →

The RiftwarUniverse

universe44 books1982

Epic fantasy.

“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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His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

Set in parallel universe.

“In a world like ours and unlike it, every human soul walks outside the body in the shape of an animal — a daemon, who speaks, who cannot be lied to, and who settles into one fixed form only when childhood ends.”
from the catalogue description

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Why these

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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 Alternative Detective / Steeplejack?: Tortall — the closest match to Alternative Detective / Steeplejack on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Alternative Detective / Steeplejack?: Chains. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Alternative Detective / Steeplejack.
How big is Alternative Detective / Steeplejack?: Alternative Detective / Steeplejack is 4 books, 2016–2018.

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