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Books like Diablo: 9 series to read next

Diablo is dark fantasy and fantasy, about demons, 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.

Diablo is 24 books across 4 series, 2001–2026.

“Between the High Heavens and the Burning Hells lies Sanctuary — a world that was never meant to exist, raised in secret by an angel and a demon who wearied of the Eternal Conflict and dared to carve out a refuge from it.”
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Malazan
Corona
Julian
The Demon Cycle
The Circle of the World
The Riftwar
Tales of the Flat Earth
World of Ice and Fire
Stephen King multiverse

MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

“Pity the historian who tries to map this world; pity more the god who thinks he rules it.”
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CoronaUniverse

universe19 books1997

Fantasy and epic 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.”
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JulianSeries

seriesDarrell Schweitzer19 books1976

Mythic fantasy, about deal with the devil and redemption.

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The Demon CycleUniverse

universe18 books2008

Epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“When the sun goes down, the ground breathes out murder.”
from the catalogue description

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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 →

The RiftwarUniverse

universe44 books1982

Fantasy and epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“On the world of Midkemia a tear opens in the air itself, a rift hung between stars, and through it march the armies of an empire from another world entirely.”
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Tales of the Flat EarthSeries

seriesTanith Lee14 books1978

Fantasy, dark in tone, about demons, set in secondary world.

“The novels take inspiration from One Thousand and One Nights and are similarly structured as interconnected stories.”
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Start with Night's Master →

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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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 →

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 Diablo?: Malazan — the closest match to Diablo on what it is about, not on what sells.
How big is Diablo?: Diablo is 24 books across 4 series, 2001–2026.

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