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Books like Ecko: 9 series to read next

Ecko is 3 books, 2012–2015.

“Exploration of the massive range of the sci-fi and fantasy genres, and the possible implications of pitting them against one another.”
from the catalogue description of Ecko Rising

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New Crobuzon
Who Fears Death
Iron Widow
Apprentice Adept
Gormenghast
Cosmere
Throne of Glass
The Song of Shattered Sands
Incarceron

New CrobuzonSeries

seriesChina Miéville4 books2000

Weird fiction, challenging in tone.

“The New Crobuzon books are three standalone novels by China Miéville set in and around New Crobuzon, a vast, corrupt industrial city in his invented world of Bas-Lag where magic, biopunk technology, and several sentient species coexist.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Perdido Street Station →

Who Fears DeathSeries

seriesNnedi Okorafor5 books2010

Fantasy, dark in tone, set in secondary world.

Start with Who Fears Death →

Iron WidowSeries

seriesXiran Jay Zhao2 books2021

About political intrigue.

“Xiran Jay Zhao's Iron Widow reimagines the rise of Chinese Empress Wu Zetian as a mecha-piloting heroine in Huaxia, a futuristic reinvention of Medieval China.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Iron Widow →

Apprentice AdeptSeries

seriesPiers Anthony7 books1980

Set in parallel universe and far future.

“Phaze is a lush planet of magic, where Proton is a barren mining planet of science.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Split Infinity →

GormenghastSeries

seriesMervyn Peake & Maeve Gilmore6 books1946

Gothic.

“Peake was writing a fourth novel, Titus Awakes, at the time of his death in 1968.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Titus Groan →

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 →

Throne of GlassSeries

seriesSarah J. Maas & Lynette Noni15 books2012

Epic fantasy.

“As the story progresses, Celaena forms unexpected bonds and uncovers a conspiracy amidst her adventures.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Throne of Glass →

The Song of Shattered SandsSeries

seriesBradley P. Beaulieu14 books2015

Epic fantasy, about political intrigue, set in desert.

“Starting in 2015 with Twelve Kings in Sharakhai, the series was concluded in 2021 with A Desert Torn Asunder.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Of Sand and Malice Made →

IncarceronSeries

seriesCatherine Fisher2 books2007

“Catherine Fisher's 2007 novel blends fantasy and science fiction as the two search for a way to breach the boundary between them.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Incarceron →

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 Ecko?: New Crobuzon — the closest match to Ecko on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Ecko?: Ecko Rising. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Ecko.
How big is Ecko?: Ecko is 3 books, 2012–2015.

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