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Books like Immortal: 9 series to read next

Immortal is science fantasy, 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.

Immortal is 4 books, 2007–2012.

“In the year of our One 3075, Tundra has been at peace for 400 years.”
from the catalogue description of Immortal

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Stephen King multiverse
Iron Widow
Coldfire
New Crobuzon
World of Ice and Fire
A Chorus of Dragons / Godslayer Cycle
Gor
Malazan
The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieu

Stephen King multiverseUniverse

universe46 books1967

Dark in tone.

“The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Gunslinger →

Iron WidowSeries

seriesXiran Jay Zhao2 books2021

Fantasy, dark in tone, about political intrigue and rebellion and revolution, set in secondary world.

“Xiran Jay Zhao's Iron Widow reimagines the rise of Chinese Empress Wu Zetian as a mecha-piloting heroine in Huaxia, a futuristic reinvention of Medieval China.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Iron Widow →

ColdfireSeries

seriesC. S. Friedman5 books1991

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

“C. S. Friedman's Coldfire Trilogy is set on the human colony world of Erna, where settlers survive alongside the fae, a reality-warping force that gives physical shape to belief and fear.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

New CrobuzonSeries

seriesChina Miéville4 books2000

Weird fiction, challenging in tone.

“The New Crobuzon books are three standalone novels by China Miéville set in and around New Crobuzon, a vast, corrupt industrial city in his invented world of Bas-Lag where magic, biopunk technology, and several sentient species coexist.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Perdido Street Station →

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Epic fantasy, about war.

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

Reading order →

A Chorus of Dragons / Godslayer CycleSeries

seriesJenn Lyons5 books2019

Epic fantasy.

“The five-book series is told through interleaved, non-chronological narration rather than a single straightforward timeline.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Ruin of Kings →

GorSeries

seriesJohn Norman41 books1966

Sword and sorcery, about slavery and gender and society.

“The Gor series repeatedly depicts men abducting and physically and sexually brutalizing women, who grow to enjoy their submissive state.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Tarnsman of Gor →

MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

Epic fantasy, about war.

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

Reading order →

The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieuSeries

seriesGarth Nix11 books1995

Start with An Essay on Free Magic: (A manuscript fragment from the Great Library of the Clayr) →

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 Immortal?: Stephen King multiverse — the closest match to Immortal on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Immortal?: Immortal. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Immortal.
How big is Immortal?: Immortal is 4 books, 2007–2012.
Is Immortal finished?: Yes — 4 books, 2007–2012.

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