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Books like Fated to Darkness: 9 series to read next

Fated to Darkness is set in secondary world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Fated to Darkness is 3 books, from 2024.

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Blood and Ash Universe
The Sacred Stones
Lightlark
This Woven Kingdom
Cosmere
Saga of the Unfated
A Court of Thorns and Roses
Witch's Dice
An Ember in the Ashes

Blood and Ash UniverseSeries

seriesJennifer L. Armentrout10 books2020

Romantasy, set in secondary world.

Reading order →

The Sacred StonesSeries

seriesKate Golden3 books2023

Epic fantasy.

“Captured by the king of darkness, she was forced to find the light within.”
from the catalogue description of A Dawn of Onyx

Start with A Dawn of Onyx →

LightlarkSeries

seriesAlex Aster6 books2022

“Alex Aster's Lightlark saga is set on an island where six realms, each bound by an old curse, converge only once a century for a deadly game that could break their curses for good.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Lightlark →

This Woven KingdomSeries

seriesTahereh Mafi4 books2022

Epic fantasy, about political intrigue.

“Tahereh Mafi's This Woven Kingdom follows Alizeh, a servant girl who is secretly the long-lost heir to an ancient Jinn kingdom, and Kamran, the human crown prince drawn to her despite prophecies foretelling his own king's downfall.”
from the catalogue description

Start with This Woven Kingdom →

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 →

Saga of the UnfatedSeries

seriesDanielle L. Jensen2 books2024

About gods.

“Bound in an unwanted marriage, Freya spends her days gutting fish, but dreams of becoming a warrior.”
from the catalogue description of A Fate Inked in Blood

Start with A Fate Inked in Blood →

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
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Start with A Court of Thorns and Roses →

Witch's DiceSeries

seriesKaylie Smith3 books2023

About witches.

“Illustros is a cursed realm ruled by the ruthless Gods of Fate, and no one understands the Fates’ wrath more than Calliope Rosewood.”
from the catalogue description of A Ruinous Fate

Start with A Ruinous Fate →

An Ember in the AshesSeries

seriesSabaa Tahir4 books2015

Epic fantasy.

“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 →

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 Fated to Darkness?: Blood and Ash Universe — the closest match to Fated to Darkness on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Fated to Darkness?: The King of Frost and Shadows. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Fated to Darkness.
How big is Fated to Darkness?: Fated to Darkness is 3 books, from 2024.

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