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Books like Kelewan Empire: 9 series to read next

Kelewan Empire is epic fantasy and fantasy, about political intrigue, set in secondary world, tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Kelewan Empire is 4 books, 1987–2004.

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World of Ice and Fire
Grishaverse
Dragon Trilogies
The Powder Mage
The Poppy War
The Codex Alera
The Dagger and the Coin
Tower and Knife
An Ember in the Ashes

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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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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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.”
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The Powder MageUniverse

universe19 books2013

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

“Load your powder, and pray your sorcery outruns their cannon.”
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 →

The Codex AleraSeries

seriesJim Butcher6 books2004

Adventurous in tone.

“Jim Butcher's six-book series, continuing through Academ's Fury, Cursor's Fury, Captain's Fury, Princeps' Fury, and First Lord's Fury, builds from small-scale political maneuvering into full-scale war.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Furies of Calderon →

The Dagger and the CoinSeries

seriesDaniel Abraham6 books2011

About class conflict.

Start with The Dragon's Path →

Tower and KnifeSeries

seriesMazarkis Williams4 books2011

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

“Treachery and betrayal characterize the struggle for power that ensues after the emperor of the Cerani Empire is afflicted with the plague that is sweeping the land.”
from the catalogue description of The Emperor's Knife

Start with The Emperor's Knife →

An Ember in the AshesSeries

seriesSabaa Tahir4 books2015

“Sabaa Tahir's quartet, continuing through A Torch Against the Night, A Reaper at the Gates, and A Sky Beyond the Storm, follows the two toward a reckoning with the empire that trained one of them to enforce it.”
from the catalogue description

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Why these

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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 Kelewan Empire?: World of Ice and Fire — the closest match to Kelewan Empire on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Kelewan Empire?: Daughter of the Empire. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Kelewan Empire.
How big is Kelewan Empire?: Kelewan Empire is 4 books, 1987–2004.

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