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Books like Blackthorn & Grim: 9 series to read next

Blackthorn & Grim is fantasy and historical fantasy, set in secondary world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Blackthorn & Grim is 3 books, 2014–2016.

“After escaping her wrongful imprisonment, magical healer Blackthorn, living on the fringe of a mysterious forest with a former prison mate named Grim, is duty bound to assist anyone who asks for her help.”
from the catalogue description of Dreamer's Pool

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Narnia
Tolkien's legendarium
A Court of Thorns and Roses
Birthgrave
Once Upon a Broken Heart
Winterlands
Russian / Jewish Fairy Tales Retold
Stephen King multiverse
His Dark Materials

NarniaUniverse

universe38 books1950

Portal fantasy.

“Once there is a wardrobe at the back of a spare room, and behind the fur coats the wood gives way to snow, and a lamp-post burns alone among the trees.”
from the catalogue description

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Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

universe163 books1923

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Before the seas were bent and the mountains raised, there was Music — and from that Music came Arda, and in the west of Middle-earth the long defeat and stubborn hope of those who dwell there.”
from the catalogue description

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A Court of Thorns and RosesSeries

seriesSarah J. Maas6 books2015

Romantasy.

“There are currently five novels in the series, with the sixth scheduled to release on October 27, 2026, and the seventh on January 12, 2027.”
from the catalogue description
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BirthgraveSeries

seriesTanith Lee3 books1975

About identity.

“The person: a woman awakening from a deathlike sleep.”
from the catalogue description of The Birthgrave

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Once Upon a Broken HeartSeries

seriesStephanie Garber4 books2021

Romantasy, about forbidden love.

“Once Upon a Broken Heart and its sequels follow the fallout of that bargain across a fairy-tale-inflected world of curses and dangerous magic.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Once Upon a Broken Heart →

WinterlandsSeries

seriesBarbara Hambly7 books1986

About dragons and demons.

“Once there, they learn Gareth is the crown prince, acting against his father's wishes, and that the dragon Morkeleb the Black is only one thread in a web that includes a sorceress with a grip on the king.”
from the catalogue description of Dragonsbane

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Russian / Jewish Fairy Tales RetoldSeries

seriesNaomi Novik4 books2015

Fairy tale retelling.

“The two books share no characters or setting, only Novik's method of building a novel around one inherited folk tale.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Excerpt from Uprooted →

Stephen King multiverseUniverse

universe46 books1967

Dark in tone.

“The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Gunslinger →

His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

Adventurous in tone, about coming of age, set in parallel universe.

“In a world like ours and unlike it, every human soul walks outside the body in the shape of an animal — a daemon, who speaks, who cannot be lied to, and who settles into one fixed form only when childhood ends.”
from the catalogue description

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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 Blackthorn & Grim?: Narnia — the closest match to Blackthorn & Grim on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Blackthorn & Grim?: Dreamer's Pool. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Blackthorn & Grim.
How big is Blackthorn & Grim?: Blackthorn & Grim is 3 books, 2014–2016.

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