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Books like Arena 13: 9 series to read next

Arena 13 is fantasy, set in secondary world, dark in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Arena 13 is 3 books, 2015–2017.

“The city of Midgard is terrorised by Hob, a terrifying, evil creature who tortures at will and has the rulers of the city completely under his control.”
from the catalogue description

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Grishaverse
The Scholomance
Shattered Sea
The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieu
World of Ice and Fire
The Prison Healer
Darwath
Night Angel
The Circle of the World

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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The ScholomanceSeries

seriesNaomi Novik3 books2020

About magic schools and wizards.

Start with A Deadly Education →

Shattered SeaSeries

seriesJoe Abercrombie4 books2014

Epic fantasy.

“Yarvi, el hijo menor del rey, nació con una malformación en una mano que ha llevado a todo el mundo, incluso a su propio padre, a considerarlo «medio hombre».”
from the catalogue description of Half a King
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Start with Half a King →

The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieuSeries

seriesGarth Nix11 books1995

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

Start with An Essay on Free Magic: (A manuscript fragment from the Great Library of the Clayr) →

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Epic fantasy, about political intrigue and war.

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

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The Prison HealerSeries

seriesLynette Noni3 books2021

Epic fantasy.

“Lynette Noni's YA trilogy follows Kiva Meridan, a teenage healer imprisoned in the brutal death camp of Zalindov, who is forced to stand trial by combat in another prisoner's place when a mysterious rebel movement upends the prison's order.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Prison Healer →

DarwathSeries

seriesBarbara Hambly7 books1982

Fantasy, dark in tone, set in secondary world.

“Darwath begins with two modern-day Californians pulled through a portal into a dying medieval world under siege from the Dark, shape-shifting monsters that hunt by night and are driving civilization underground.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Time of the Dark →

Night AngelUniverse

universe6 books2008

About assassins.

“There are killers, and then there are wetboys — and the difference is that a wetboy never misses, because the magic in his blood will not let him.”
from the catalogue description

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The Circle of the WorldUniverse

universe29 books2006

Grimdark.

“What sets it apart is the honesty of its cynicism — close, sardonic points of view, gallows humour, and a flat refusal to let anyone stay clean.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Blade Itself →

Why these

No sales rank, no star ratings, no readers also bought.

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.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after Arena 13?: Grishaverse — the closest match to Arena 13 on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Arena 13?: Arena 13. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Arena 13.
How big is Arena 13?: Arena 13 is 3 books, 2015–2017.
Is Arena 13 finished?: Yes — 3 books, 2015–2017.

Books like Arena 13: 9 series to read next

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