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Books like Demon Cycle: 9 series to read next

Demon Cycle is epic fantasy and dark fantasy, about demons, set in secondary world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Demon Cycle is 10 books, 2008–2021.

“The core story runs across five novels plus companion novellas.”
from the catalogue description

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World of Ice and Fire
Malazan
Grishaverse
Stephen King multiverse
The Circle of the World
Cosmere
Corona
A Chorus of Dragons / Godslayer Cycle
Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever

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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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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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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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 →

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 →

CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Before the worlds, there was Adonalsium, and then there was not.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Final Empire →

CoronaUniverse

universe19 books1997

Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Beneath the sacred gemstones of the Abellican Church — a ruby to loose fire, malachite to lift a body into the air, the soul-stone to slip free of it — a ranger raised by elves and the woman he loves stand against a waking demon.”
from the catalogue description

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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 →

Thomas Covenant the UnbelieverSeries

seriesStephen R. Donaldson11 books1977

About quests.

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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 Demon Cycle?: World of Ice and Fire — the closest match to Demon Cycle on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Demon Cycle?: The Painted Man. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Demon Cycle.
How big is Demon Cycle?: Demon Cycle is 10 books, 2008–2021.

Books like Demon Cycle: 9 series to read next

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