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Books like Godserfs: 9 series to read next

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

Godserfs is 3 books, 2016–2018.

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Malazan
World of Ice and Fire
Tolkien's legendarium
Cosmere
Paksenarrion
Deepgate Universe
Fallen Gods / Godkiller
The Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone
The Riftwar

MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

About war.

“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

About political intrigue and war.

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

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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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CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Before the worlds, there was Adonalsium, and then there was not.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Final Empire →

PaksenarrionUniverse

universe31 books1988

Epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“A sheepfarmer's daughter refuses the marriage her father arranged, walks off the farm with nothing but a good knife, and signs her name to a mercenary company's roll.”
from the catalogue description

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Deepgate UniverseSeries

seriesAlan Campbell5 books2006

Dark fantasy, dark in tone, about gods, set in secondary world.

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Fallen Gods / GodkillerSeries

seriesHannah Kaner3 books2023

About war.

“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

Start with Godkiller →

The Kingdoms of Thorn and BoneSeries

seriesGreg Keyes4 books2003

About political intrigue.

“In doing so, she freed the race of humans - once taken from their distant homes and forced to wear the bitter yoke of slavery.”
from the catalogue description of The Briar King
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Start with The Briar King →

The RiftwarUniverse

universe44 books1982

Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

“On the world of Midkemia a tear opens in the air itself, a rift hung between stars, and through it march the armies of an empire from another world entirely.”
from the catalogue description

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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 Godserfs?: Malazan — the closest match to Godserfs on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Godserfs?: Silent Hall. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Godserfs.
How big is Godserfs?: Godserfs is 3 books, 2016–2018.

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