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Books like Best Laid Plans: 9 series to read next

Best Laid Plans is set in secondary world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Best Laid Plans is 2 books, 2016–2017.

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World of Ice and Fire
Malazan
Shattered Sea
Cosmere
The Circle of the World
Grishaverse
The Powder Mage
The Lotus War
The Broken Empire

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Epic fantasy, about war.

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

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MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

Epic fantasy, about war.

“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, about coming of age.

“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 →

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 →

The Circle of the WorldUniverse

universe29 books2006

Fantasy and grimdark, set in secondary world.

“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 →

GrishaverseUniverse

universe19 books2012

“Saints are canonized here the way soldiers are buried elsewhere — quietly, and too often.”
from the catalogue description

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The Powder MageUniverse

universe19 books2013

Epic fantasy, about war.

“Load your powder, and pray your sorcery outruns their cannon.”
from the catalogue description

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The Lotus WarSeries

seriesJay Kristoff4 books2012

About rebellion and revolution.

“Land and sky have been poisoned by industrialization, the Lotus Guild oppresses the populace and the nation's Shogun is lost to his thirst for power.”
from the catalogue description of Stormdancer

Start with Stormdancer →

The Broken EmpireUniverse

universe27 books2011

Grimdark, dark in tone, set in secondary world.

“What looks like sword-and-castle medievalism is the ash of our own age, and the magic is only physics that learned to listen.”
from the catalogue description

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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 Best Laid Plans?: World of Ice and Fire — the closest match to Best Laid Plans on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Best Laid Plans?: Where Loyalties Lie. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Best Laid Plans.
How big is Best Laid Plans?: Best Laid Plans is 2 books, 2016–2017.

Books like Best Laid Plans: 9 series to read next

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