Series

Books like Fair Folk: 9 series to read next

Fair Folk is fantasy. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Fair Folk is 3 books, 2024–2026.

The World of Riverside
Earthsea
World of Ice and Fire
The Plated Prisoner
Grishaverse
A Court of Thorns and Roses
Never Ever After
Erith
Kushiel's Legacy Universe

seriesEllen Kushner, Joel Derfner, Tessa Gratton, Karen Lord, Delia Sherman, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Liz Duffy Adams, Racheline Maltese, Malinda Lo, Paul Witcover, Juliet Ulman, Mary Anne Mohanraj, Patty Bryant & Kelly Robson72 books1982

Fantasy, about political intrigue, set in secondary world.

“The wider World of Riverside has since expanded into shared-world short fiction and anthologies, such as Swords of Riverside, contributed to by numerous other writers.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Swordspoint →

EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Epic fantasy, reflective in tone, about wizards.

“There is a lesson every wizard of Earthsea learns young: to know a thing's true name is to hold its whole being, and to speak it is to move the balance of the world.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Epic fantasy, dark in tone, about war.

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

Reading order →

The Plated PrisonerSeries

seriesRaven Kennedy6 books2020

Dark in tone.

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

Start with Gild →

GrishaverseUniverse

universe19 books2012

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

Reading order →

A Court of Thorns and RosesSeries

seriesSarah J. Maas6 books2015

Fantasy and romantasy, emotional in tone, about fae, set in secondary world.

“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
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with A Court of Thorns and Roses →

Never Ever AfterSeries

seriesSue Lynn Tan1 book2025

Fairy tale retelling and romance.

“Life in the Iron Mountains is harsh and unforgiving.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Never Ever After →

ErithSeries

seriesCecilia Dart-Thornton4 books2001

Epic fantasy, about quests.

Start with The Enchanted: A Tale of Erith →

Kushiel's Legacy UniverseSeries

seriesJacqueline Carey13 books2001

Fantasy, emotional in tone, about political intrigue, set in secondary world.

“Since the series features a fictional version of medieval Western Europe, it can be considered historical fantasy or alternate history.”
from the catalogue description of Earth Begotten

Start with Earth Begotten →

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 Fair Folk?: The World of Riverside — the closest match to Fair Folk on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Fair Folk?: A Feather So Black. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Fair Folk.
How big is Fair Folk?: Fair Folk is 3 books, 2024–2026.

Books like Fair Folk: 9 series to read next

Read next in Fair Folk

Why these

Questions readers ask

Other series like this one