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Books like Divine Cities: 9 series to read next

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

Divine Cities is 3 books, 2014–2017.

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World of Ice and Fire
Malazan
Cosmere
The Inheritance (Jemisin)
Grishaverse
The Acacia Trilogy
Dragon Age (Bioware RPG tie-in)
The Circle of the World
Between Earth and Sky

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

About war.

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

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MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

About war.

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

Reading order →

CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

Fantasy and epic 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 →

The Inheritance (Jemisin)Series

seriesN. K. Jemisin9 books2010

Fantasy and epic fantasy, dark in tone, about gods and political intrigue, set in secondary world.

Start with The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms →

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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The Acacia TrilogySeries

seriesDavid Anthony Durham3 books2007

About war.

“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 →

Dragon Age (Bioware RPG tie-in)Series

seriesPatrick Weekes, David Gaider, Brianne Battye, Courtney Woods, John Epler, Lukas Kristjanson, Sylvia Feketekuty, Arone Le Bray, Caitlin Sullivan Kelly, Chris Bain, Christopher Morgan, Liane Merciel, Matthew Goldman & Ryan Cormier21 books2009

Fantasy and epic fantasy, about political intrigue, set in secondary world.

“The Stolen Throne and The Calling serve as prequels filling in the backstory of characters central to the first game, while later books such as Asunder and The Masked Empire tie more directly into the plots and politics of the sequels.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Stolen Throne →

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 →

Between Earth and SkySeries

seriesRebecca Roanhorse3 books2020

About prophecy.

“The winter solstice is usually a time for celebration and renewal, but this year it coincides with a solar eclipse, a rare celestial event proscribed by the Sun Priest as an unbalancing of the world.”
from the catalogue description of Black Sun
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Start with Black Sun →

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 Divine Cities?: World of Ice and Fire — the closest match to Divine Cities on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Divine Cities?: City of Stairs. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Divine Cities.
How big is Divine Cities?: Divine Cities is 3 books, 2014–2017.

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