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Books like Innis Lear: 9 series to read next

Innis Lear is epic fantasy and fantasy, about political intrigue, 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.

Innis Lear is 2 books, 2018–2020.

“The king's hold on the crown must end--willingly or at the edge of my sword.”
from the catalogue description of The Queens of Innis Lear

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World of Ice and Fire
Malazan
The Circle of the World
The Acacia Trilogy
Grishaverse
The Second Apocalypse
The Dagger and the Coin
Tolkien's legendarium
The Poppy War

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

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

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

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MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

Epic fantasy, dark in tone, about war, set in secondary world.

“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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The Circle of the WorldUniverse

universe29 books2006

Grimdark.

“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 Acacia TrilogySeries

seriesDavid Anthony Durham3 books2007

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

“David Anthony Durham's trilogy, continuing through The Other Lands and The Sacred Band, follows the siblings as each confronts a different piece of the empire's hidden machinery.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Acacia: The War with the Mein →

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 Second ApocalypseSeries

seriesR. Scott Bakker11 books2003

Grimdark, challenging in tone, about faith and religion.

Start with The Knife of Many Hands →

The Dagger and the CoinSeries

seriesDaniel Abraham6 books2011

About class conflict.

Start with The Dragon's Path →

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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The Poppy WarSeries

seriesR. F. Kuang4 books2018

Grimdark.

“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 →

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.

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What should I read after Innis Lear?: World of Ice and Fire — the closest match to Innis Lear on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Innis Lear?: The Queens of Innis Lear. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Innis Lear.
How big is Innis Lear?: Innis Lear is 2 books, 2018–2020.

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