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Books like Glittering Stone: 9 series to read next

Glittering Stone is epic fantasy and dark fantasy, about war, set in secondary world, dark in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Glittering Stone is 4 books, 1996–2000.

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Malazan
World of Ice and Fire
The Circle of the World
The Poppy War
The Second Apocalypse
The Broken Empire
Grishaverse
The City (Gemmell)
The Traitor Son Cycle

MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

“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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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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The Circle of the WorldUniverse

universe29 books2006

Grimdark and fantasy, 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 grimdark, dark and tense 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 →

The Second ApocalypseSeries

seriesR. Scott Bakker11 books2003

Challenging in tone, about faith and religion.

Start with The Knife of Many Hands →

The Broken EmpireUniverse

universe27 books2011

Grimdark, dark in tone, set in secondary world.

“What looks like sword-and-castle medievalism is the ash of our own age, and the magic is only physics that learned to listen.”
from the catalogue description

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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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The City (Gemmell)Series

seriesStella Gemmell2 books2013

About rebellion and revolution, set in big city.

“Built up over the millennia, layer upon layer, the City is ancient and vast.”
from the catalogue description of The City

Start with The City →

The Traitor Son CycleSeries

seriesMiles Cameron5 books2012

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

“Twenty eight florins a month is nowhere near enough when a wyvern's jaws snap shut on your helmet in the hot stink of battle, and the beast starts to rip the head from your shoulders.”
from the catalogue description of The Red Knight

Start with The Red Knight →

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 Glittering Stone?: Malazan — the closest match to Glittering Stone on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Glittering Stone?: Bleak Seasons. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Glittering Stone.
How big is Glittering Stone?: Glittering Stone is 4 books, 1996–2000.

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