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Books like Courts and Kings: 9 series to read next

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

Courts and Kings is 3 books, 2023–2024.

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World of Ice and Fire
A Court of Thorns and Roses
The Plated Prisoner
Elfhame
Kushiel's Legacy Universe
Grishaverse
Witches Steeped in Gold
Gormenghast
An Ember in the Ashes

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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A Court of Thorns and RosesSeries

seriesSarah J. Maas6 books2015

Emotional in tone.

“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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The Plated PrisonerSeries

seriesRaven Kennedy6 books2020

“Gold floors, gold walls, gold furniture, gold clothes.”
from the catalogue description of Gild

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ElfhameSeries

seriesHolly Black7 books2018

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Kushiel's Legacy UniverseSeries

seriesJacqueline Carey13 books2001

Emotional in tone.

“Since the series features a fictional version of medieval Western Europe, it can be considered historical fantasy or alternate history.”
from the catalogue description of Earth Begotten

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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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Witches Steeped in GoldSeries

seriesCiannon Smart2 books2021

About witches.

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GormenghastSeries

seriesMervyn Peake & Maeve Gilmore6 books1946

Gothic.

“Peake was writing a fourth novel, Titus Awakes, at the time of his death in 1968.”
from the catalogue description
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An Ember in the AshesSeries

seriesSabaa Tahir4 books2015

Epic fantasy.

“Sabaa Tahir's quartet, continuing through A Torch Against the Night, A Reaper at the Gates, and A Sky Beyond the Storm, follows the two toward a reckoning with the empire that trained one of them to enforce it.”
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 Courts and Kings?: World of Ice and Fire — the closest match to Courts and Kings on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Courts and Kings?: Court of Nightmares. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Courts and Kings.
How big is Courts and Kings?: Courts and Kings is 3 books, 2023–2024.

Books like Courts and Kings: 9 series to read next

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