Series

Books like Green Universe: 9 series to read next

Green Universe is fantasy, about gods and political intrigue, set in secondary world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Green Universe is 4 books, 2009–2014.

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World of Ice and Fire
Malazan
Grishaverse
Cosmere
The Inheritance (Jemisin)
Earthsea
Divine Cities
Tolkien's legendarium
Wars of Vis

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

About war.

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

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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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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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CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

Fantasy and epic 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 →

The Inheritance (Jemisin)Series

seriesN. K. Jemisin9 books2010

Fantasy and epic fantasy, dark in tone, about gods and political intrigue, set in secondary world.

Start with The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms →

EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

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

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Divine CitiesSeries

seriesRobert Jackson Bennett3 books2014

Fantasy and epic fantasy, about gods and political intrigue, set in secondary world and big city.

Start with City of Stairs →

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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Wars of VisSeries

seriesTanith Lee3 books1976

Fantasy and epic fantasy, dark in tone, about gods, set in secondary world.

“The Storm Lord opens the trilogy, continued by Anackire and The White Serpent.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Storm Lord →

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 Green Universe?: World of Ice and Fire — the closest match to Green Universe on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Green Universe?: Green. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Green Universe.
How big is Green Universe?: Green Universe is 4 books, 2009–2014.

Books like Green Universe: 9 series to read next

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