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Books like Ash Princess: 9 series to read next

Ash Princess is epic fantasy and fantasy, about rebellion and revolution, 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.

Ash Princess is 3 books, 2018–2020.

“Theodosia was six when her country was invaded and her mother, the Fire Queen, was murdered before her eyes.”
from the catalogue description

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World of Ice and Fire
An Ember in the Ashes
Malazan
Shattered Sea
Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever
The Prison Healer
Legacy of Orisha
The Acacia Trilogy
Song of the Last Kingdom

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Epic fantasy and fantasy, dark in tone, about political intrigue and war, set in secondary world.

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

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An Ember in the AshesSeries

seriesSabaa Tahir4 books2015

“Sabaa Tahir's quartet, continuing through A Torch Against the Night, A Reaper at the Gates, and A Sky Beyond the Storm, follows the two toward a reckoning with the empire that trained one of them to enforce it.”
from the catalogue description

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MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

“Pity the historian who tries to map this world; pity more the god who thinks he rules it.”
from the catalogue description

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Shattered SeaSeries

seriesJoe Abercrombie4 books2014

Epic fantasy and fantasy, dark in tone, about coming of age, set in secondary world.

“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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Thomas Covenant the UnbelieverSeries

seriesStephen R. Donaldson11 books1977

About quests.

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The Prison HealerSeries

seriesLynette Noni3 books2021

About revenge.

“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 →

Legacy of OrishaSeries

seriesTomi Adeyemi3 books2018

Epic fantasy and fantasy, about rebellion and revolution, set in secondary world.

“Tomi Adeyemi's Legacy of Orïsha trilogy opens with Children of Blood and Bone, following Zélie, a girl from a persecuted caste of former magic-users, on a quest to restore magic to a kingdom that outlawed and hunted her people.”
from the catalogue description

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The Acacia TrilogySeries

seriesDavid Anthony Durham3 books2007

Epic fantasy and fantasy, dark in tone, about political intrigue and war, set in secondary world.

“David Anthony Durham's trilogy, continuing through The Other Lands and The Sacred Band, follows the siblings as each confronts a different piece of the empire's hidden machinery.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Acacia: The War with the Mein →

Song of the Last KingdomSeries

seriesAmélie Wen Zhao2 books2023

Epic fantasy and fantasy, dark in tone, about colonialism, set in secondary world.

“Lan spends her nights as a songgirl in Haak’gong, a city transformed by the Elantian colonizers.”
from the catalogue description of Song of Silver, Flame Like Night

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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 Ash Princess?: World of Ice and Fire — the closest match to Ash Princess on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Ash Princess?: Ash Princess. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Ash Princess.
How big is Ash Princess?: Ash Princess is 3 books, 2018–2020.

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