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Books like Castle: 9 series to read next

Castle is fantasy, about war, set in secondary world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Castle is 5 books, 2004–2016.

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World of Ice and Fire
Malazan
The Circle of the World
The Acacia Trilogy
Grishaverse
Dragon Age (Bioware RPG tie-in)
The Poppy War
The Second Apocalypse
Shattered Sea

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Fantasy and epic fantasy, dark in tone, about war and political intrigue, 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

“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 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

Fantasy and epic fantasy, dark in tone, about war and political intrigue, 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 →

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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Dragon Age (Bioware RPG tie-in)Series

seriesPatrick Weekes, David Gaider, Brianne Battye, Courtney Woods, John Epler, Lukas Kristjanson, Sylvia Feketekuty, Arone Le Bray, Caitlin Sullivan Kelly, Chris Bain, Christopher Morgan, Liane Merciel, Matthew Goldman & Ryan Cormier21 books2009

Fantasy and epic fantasy, about political intrigue, set in secondary world.

“The Stolen Throne and The Calling serve as prequels filling in the backstory of characters central to the first game, while later books such as Asunder and The Masked Empire tie more directly into the plots and politics of the sequels.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Stolen Throne →

The Poppy WarSeries

seriesR. F. Kuang4 books2018

Grimdark.

“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.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Poppy War →

The Second ApocalypseSeries

seriesR. Scott Bakker11 books2003

Grimdark, about faith and religion.

Start with The Knife of Many Hands →

Shattered SeaSeries

seriesJoe Abercrombie4 books2014

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 →

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 Castle?: World of Ice and Fire — the closest match to Castle on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Castle?: The Year of Our War. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Castle.
How big is Castle?: Castle is 5 books, 2004–2016.

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