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Books like Iron Kingdoms: 9 series to read next

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

Iron Kingdoms is 35 books, 2013–2017.

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World of Ice and Fire
The Riftwar
Tolkien's legendarium
Cosmere
The Powder Mage
Narnia
Dragon Trilogies
Warmachine
Malazan

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Fantasy and epic 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 RiftwarUniverse

universe44 books1982

Fantasy and epic 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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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

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 Powder MageUniverse

universe19 books2013

Fantasy and epic fantasy, tense in tone, about war and political intrigue, set in secondary world.

“Load your powder, and pray your sorcery outruns their cannon.”
from the catalogue description

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NarniaUniverse

universe38 books1950

Portal fantasy.

“Once there is a wardrobe at the back of a spare room, and behind the fur coats the wood gives way to snow, and a lamp-post burns alone among the trees.”
from the catalogue description

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Dragon TrilogiesSeries

seriesMelanie Rawn6 books1988

About dragons.

“The Dragon Prince trilogy focuses on Prince Rohan of the Desert and his Sunrunner wife, Sioned, while the Dragon Star trilogy focuses on their son, Pol.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

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WarmachineSeries

seriesuncredited, Larry Correia, Aeryn Rudel, Richard Lee Byers, Chris A. Jackson, C. L. Werner, Douglas Seacat, Orrin Grey, William Shick, Ari Marmell, C. A. Suleiman, Dan Wells, Dave Gross, Howard Tayler & Miles Holmes45 books2013

Set in secondary world.

Start with Dark Convergence →

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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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 Iron Kingdoms?: World of Ice and Fire — the closest match to Iron Kingdoms on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Iron Kingdoms?: Destiny of a Bullet. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Iron Kingdoms.
How big is Iron Kingdoms?: Iron Kingdoms is 35 books, 2013–2017.

Books like Iron Kingdoms: 9 series to read next

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