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Books like Elfhame: 9 series to read next

Elfhame is fantasy, about fae, set in fairyland. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Elfhame is 7 books, 2018–2024.

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World of Ice and Fire
Grishaverse
An Ember in the Ashes
The Plated Prisoner
The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieu
A Court of Thorns and Roses
Witches Steeped in Gold
Shattered Sea
Red Queen

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Epic fantasy, about war.

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

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GrishaverseUniverse

universe19 books2012

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Saints are canonized here the way soldiers are buried elsewhere — quietly, and too often.”
from the catalogue description

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An Ember in the AshesSeries

seriesSabaa Tahir4 books2015

Epic fantasy, about rebellion and revolution.

“Sabaa Tahir's quartet, continuing through A Torch Against the Night, A Reaper at the Gates, and A Sky Beyond the Storm, follows the two toward a reckoning with the empire that trained one of them to enforce it.”
from the catalogue description

Start with An Ember in the Ashes →

The Plated PrisonerSeries

seriesRaven Kennedy6 books2020

Fantasy, dark in tone, set in secondary world.

“Gold floors, gold walls, gold furniture, gold clothes.”
from the catalogue description of Gild

Start with Gild →

The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieuSeries

seriesGarth Nix11 books1995

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

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

A Court of Thorns and RosesSeries

seriesSarah J. Maas6 books2015

Romantasy.

“There are currently five novels in the series, with the sixth scheduled to release on October 27, 2026, and the seventh on January 12, 2027.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with A Court of Thorns and Roses →

Witches Steeped in GoldSeries

seriesCiannon Smart2 books2021

About witches.

Start with Witches Steeped in Gold →

Shattered SeaSeries

seriesJoe Abercrombie4 books2014

Epic fantasy, about coming of age.

“Yarvi, el hijo menor del rey, nació con una malformación en una mano que ha llevado a todo el mundo, incluso a su propio padre, a considerarlo «medio hombre».”
from the catalogue description of Half a King
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Start with Half a King →

Red QueenSeries

seriesVictoria Aveyard14 books2015

Dystopia, about rebellion and revolution and class conflict.

“Victoria Aveyard's debut novel opens a four-book main sequence - Red Queen, Glass Sword, King's Cage, War Storm - plus the interstitial novella Cruel Crown and the epilogue novella Broken Throne.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Queen Song →

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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 Elfhame?: World of Ice and Fire — the closest match to Elfhame on what it is about, not on what sells.
How big is Elfhame?: Elfhame is 7 books, 2018–2024.

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