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Books like Fallen Gods / Godkiller: 9 series to read next

Fallen Gods / Godkiller is epic fantasy, about gods and war, set in secondary world, tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Fallen Gods / Godkiller is 3 books, 2023–2025.

“Hannah Kaner's Godkiller follows Kissen, who lost her family to zealots of a fire god and now kills gods for a living, until she meets Skedi, a small god of white lies bound against his will to a young noble and hunted by assassins.”
from the catalogue description

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World of Ice and Fire
Malazan
The Circle of the World
The Poppy War
Grishaverse
Shattered Sea
An Ember in the Ashes
Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne Universe
Tolkien's legendarium

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Epic fantasy and fantasy, dark in tone, about war and political intrigue, set in secondary world.

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

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MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

Epic fantasy, dark in tone, about war, set in secondary world.

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

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The Circle of the WorldUniverse

universe29 books2006

Fantasy and grimdark, set in secondary world.

“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 →

The Poppy WarSeries

seriesR. F. Kuang4 books2018

Epic fantasy and fantasy, tense and dark in tone, about war, set in secondary world.

“The Poppy War follows Rin, a war orphan who tests into an elite military academy and discovers a talent for shamanic power tied to a pantheon of vengeful gods.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Poppy War →

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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Shattered SeaSeries

seriesJoe Abercrombie4 books2014

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 →

An Ember in the AshesSeries

seriesSabaa Tahir4 books2015

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 →

Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne UniverseSeries

seriesBrian Staveley6 books2014

Epic fantasy and fantasy, dark and tense in tone, set in secondary world.

“Skullsworn is Brian Staveley's standalone prequel novel, set in the same world as his epic fantasy trilogy The Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Better Than Breath →

Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

universe163 books1923

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Before the seas were bent and the mountains raised, there was Music — and from that Music came Arda, and in the west of Middle-earth the long defeat and stubborn hope of those who dwell there.”
from the catalogue description

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Why these

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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.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after Fallen Gods / Godkiller?: World of Ice and Fire — the closest match to Fallen Gods / Godkiller on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Fallen Gods / Godkiller?: Godkiller. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Fallen Gods / Godkiller.
How big is Fallen Gods / Godkiller?: Fallen Gods / Godkiller is 3 books, 2023–2025.

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