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Donal Riordan is 7 books, 2007–2024.

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Malazan
The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieu
Cosmere
Grishaverse
World of Ice and Fire
Necroscope
The Circle of the World
Deepgate Universe
Dominion of the Fallen

universe36 books1999

Epic fantasy, about war.

“Pity the historian who tries to map this world; pity more the god who thinks he rules it.”
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The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieuSeries

seriesGarth Nix11 books1995

Start with An Essay on Free Magic: (A manuscript fragment from the Great Library of the Clayr) →

CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

Epic fantasy.

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

Start with The Final Empire →

GrishaverseUniverse

universe19 books2012

“Saints are canonized here the way soldiers are buried elsewhere — quietly, and too often.”
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World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Epic fantasy, about war.

“Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”
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NecroscopeSeries

seriesBrian Lumley26 books1982

Horror, about vampires, set in contemporary.

“Harry turns that gift against Thibor Ferenczy, a vampire buried since the Middle Ages, and against Ferenczy's agent Boris Dragosani, a Soviet spy who has learned to tear secrets from corpses in pursuit of world domination.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Necroscope →

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 →

Deepgate UniverseSeries

seriesAlan Campbell5 books2006

About gods.

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Dominion of the FallenSeries

seriesAliette de Bodard16 books2015

About angels, set in early 20th century and europe.

“The House of Shattered Wings opens Aliette de Bodard's Dominion of the Fallen in a Paris devastated by a magical war between rival Houses of fallen angels, its streets and ruins still haunted by the fighting.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The House of Shattered Wings →

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What should I read after Donal Riordan?: Malazan — the closest match to Donal Riordan on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Donal Riordan?: Bone Song. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Donal Riordan.
How big is Donal Riordan?: Donal Riordan is 7 books, 2007–2024.

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