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Books like Darkglass Mountain: 9 series to read next

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

Darkglass Mountain is 3 books, 2007–2010.

“Sara Warneke, better known by her pen name Sara Douglass, was an Australian fantasy writer who lived in Hobart, Tasmania.”
from the catalogue description
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World of Ice and Fire
Tolkien's legendarium
Malazan
Memory, Sorrow & Thorn
The Acacia Trilogy
The Circle of the World
Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever
The Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone
Dragonlance

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Epic fantasy and 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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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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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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Memory, Sorrow & ThornUniverse

universe14 books1988

Epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Winter comes to Osten Ard out of its season, and behind the cold rides something older than the kingdoms of men.”
from the catalogue description

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The Acacia TrilogySeries

seriesDavid Anthony Durham3 books2007

Epic fantasy and 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 →

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 →

Thomas Covenant the UnbelieverSeries

seriesStephen R. Donaldson11 books1977

About quests.

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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
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Briar King →

DragonlanceUniverse

universe436 books1984

Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

“The gods have kept their silence over Krynn for three hundred years, and the world has learned to make do without them: the dragons are a nursery tale, the old clerics gone, faith worn down to superstition.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Dragons of Autumn Twilight →

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 Darkglass Mountain?: World of Ice and Fire — the closest match to Darkglass Mountain on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Darkglass Mountain?: The Serpent Bride. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Darkglass Mountain.
How big is Darkglass Mountain?: Darkglass Mountain is 3 books, 2007–2010.
Is Darkglass Mountain finished?: Yes — 3 books, 2007–2010.

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