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Books like Deepgate Universe: 9 series to read next

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

Deepgate Universe is 5 books, 2006–2012.

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Malazan
World of Ice and Fire
The Circle of the World
Fallen Gods / Godkiller
The Poppy War
A Chorus of Dragons / Godslayer Cycle
Night Angel
Stephen King multiverse
Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne Universe

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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World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

About political intrigue.

“Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”
from the catalogue description

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The Circle of the WorldUniverse

universe29 books2006

Fantasy and grimdark, set in secondary world.

“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 →

Fallen Gods / GodkillerSeries

seriesHannah Kaner3 books2023

Epic fantasy, dark and tense in tone, about gods and war, set in secondary world.

“Hannah Kaner's Godkiller follows Kissen, who lost her family to zealots of a fire god and now kills gods for a living, until she meets Skedi, a small god of white lies bound against his will to a young noble and hunted by assassins.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Godkiller →

The Poppy WarSeries

seriesR. F. Kuang4 books2018

Epic fantasy and fantasy, dark and tense in tone, about war, set in secondary world.

“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 →

A Chorus of Dragons / Godslayer CycleSeries

seriesJenn Lyons5 books2019

Epic fantasy, dark in tone, about demons, set in secondary world.

“The five-book series is told through interleaved, non-chronological narration rather than a single straightforward timeline.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Ruin of Kings →

Night AngelUniverse

universe6 books2008

Dark fantasy and fantasy, dark and tense in tone, about assassins, set in secondary world.

“There are killers, and then there are wetboys — and the difference is that a wetboy never misses, because the magic in his blood will not let him.”
from the catalogue description

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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 →

Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne UniverseSeries

seriesBrian Staveley6 books2014

Epic fantasy and fantasy, dark and tense in tone, set in secondary world.

“Skullsworn is Brian Staveley's standalone prequel novel, set in the same world as his epic fantasy trilogy The Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Better Than Breath →

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 Deepgate Universe?: Malazan — the closest match to Deepgate Universe on what it is about, not on what sells.
How big is Deepgate Universe?: Deepgate Universe is 5 books, 2006–2012.

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