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Attack on Titan is science fiction and dark fantasy, about survival, 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.

Attack on Titan is 9 books across 3 series, 2011–2018.

“Humanity lives inside three concentric walls because the alternative is being eaten.”
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Malazan
The Bone World Trilogy
The Scholomance
The Hunger Games
The Circle of the World
The Courier's Daughter Trilogy
World of Ice and Fire
The Poppy War
Ship Breaker

MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

Epic fantasy.

“Pity the historian who tries to map this world; pity more the god who thinks he rules it.”
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The Bone World TrilogySeries

seriesPeadar Ò Guilin3 books2007

Science fiction, dark in tone, about survival, set in secondary world.

Start with The Inferior →

The ScholomanceSeries

seriesNaomi Novik3 books2020

Fantasy, about magic schools and wizards.

Start with A Deadly Education →

The Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

About rebellion and revolution and totalitarianism, set in far future and north america.

“Panem, they call it now — a nation raised on the drowned bones of North America, a glittering Capitol ringed by twelve districts it once starved into obedience.”
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The Circle of the WorldUniverse

universe29 books2006

Grimdark and fantasy.

“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.”
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Start with The Blade Itself →

The Courier's Daughter TrilogySeries

seriesC. J. Redwine3 books2012

About forbidden love.

“Set in a walled, post-collapse city ruled by rigid survival laws, it follows a young woman searching for her missing father against the city's authorities and the monstrous forces beyond its walls.”
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Start with Defiance →

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Epic fantasy and fantasy.

“Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”
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The Poppy WarSeries

seriesR. F. Kuang4 books2018

Grimdark and epic fantasy.

“The Poppy War follows Rin, a war orphan who tests into an elite military academy and discovers a talent for shamanic power tied to a pantheon of vengeful gods.”
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Start with The Poppy War →

Ship BreakerSeries

seriesPaolo Bacigalupi3 books2010

Set in north america and near future.

“Paolo Bacigalupi's Ship Breaker follows Nailer as helping her pulls him out of his abusive father's orbit and into a much larger, more dangerous game involving her family's fortune.”
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Start with Ship Breaker →

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What should I read after Attack on Titan?: Malazan — the closest match to Attack on Titan on what it is about, not on what sells.
How big is Attack on Titan?: Attack on Titan is 9 books across 3 series, 2011–2018.

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