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Books like Between Earth and Sky: 9 series to read next

Between Earth and Sky is epic fantasy and fantasy, about prophecy, 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.

Between Earth and Sky is 3 books, 2020–2024.

“The winter solstice is usually a time for celebration and renewal, but this year it coincides with a solar eclipse, a rare celestial event proscribed by the Sun Priest as an unbalancing of the world.”
from the catalogue description of Black Sun
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World of Ice and Fire
Malazan
The Second Apocalypse
The Circle of the World
The Acacia Trilogy
The Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone
Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever
Grishaverse
Cosmere

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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MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

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

“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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The Second ApocalypseSeries

seriesR. Scott Bakker11 books2003

Grimdark, challenging in tone, about faith and religion.

Start with The Knife of Many Hands →

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 →

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 →

The Kingdoms of Thorn and BoneSeries

seriesGreg Keyes4 books2003

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

“In doing so, she freed the race of humans - once taken from their distant homes and forced to wear the bitter yoke of slavery.”
from the catalogue description of The Briar King
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Start with The Briar King →

Thomas Covenant the UnbelieverSeries

seriesStephen R. Donaldson11 books1977

About quests.

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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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CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

Fantasy and epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

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

Start with The Final Empire →

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 Between Earth and Sky?: World of Ice and Fire — the closest match to Between Earth and Sky on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Between Earth and Sky?: Black Sun. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Between Earth and Sky.
How big is Between Earth and Sky?: Between Earth and Sky is 3 books, 2020–2024.

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