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Books like Dark World: 9 series to read next

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

Dark World is 22 books across 4 series, 2017–2021.

“Michelle Madow's shared universe is modern paranormal fantasy built for readers who like the stakes personal, the pace fast, and the line between predator and protector thinner than it looks.”
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Trylle Universe
The Powerless Trilogy
The Mortal Instruments
The Iron Fey Universe
His Dark Materials
The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieu
Grishaverse
The Talon Saga
Earthsea

Trylle UniverseSeries

seriesAmanda Hocking9 books2010

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

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The Powerless TrilogySeries

seriesLauren Roberts5 books2023

Romantasy.

“Lauren Roberts' trilogy, beginning with Powerless, was later expanded with a further Fearless duology set in the same world.”
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The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse

universe70 books2007

Urban fantasy.

“There is a world laid over your own like a second skin, and you have been trained since birth not to see it.”
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The Iron Fey UniverseSeries

seriesJulie Kagawa15 books2010

Fantasy, about fae, set in fairyland.

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His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

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.”
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The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieuSeries

seriesGarth Nix11 books1995

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

Start with An Essay on Free Magic: (A manuscript fragment from the Great Library of the Clayr) →

GrishaverseUniverse

universe19 books2012

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

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

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The Talon SagaSeries

seriesJulie Kagawa5 books2014

Fantasy, tense in tone, about dragons, set in contemporary.

“The five-book series follows the widening conflict between dragons and the humans who hunt them as Ember is forced to choose a side.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Talon →

EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Epic fantasy, reflective in tone, about wizards.

“There is a lesson every wizard of Earthsea learns young: to know a thing's true name is to hold its whole being, and to speak it is to move the balance of the world.”
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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 Dark World?: Trylle Universe — the closest match to Dark World on what it is about, not on what sells.
How big is Dark World?: Dark World is 22 books across 4 series, 2017–2021.

Books like Dark World: 9 series to read next

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