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Books like Kingdom Wars: 9 series to read next

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

Kingdom Wars is 3 books, 2007–2019.

“Every day they slip across our borders to infiltrate our government, our schools, our neighborhoods.”
from the catalogue description of A Hideous Beauty

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World of Ice and Fire
Cosmere
Sword of Truth
Malazan
His Dark Materials
Grishaverse
The Craft Universe
The Percheron Saga
The Riftwar

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Fantasy and epic 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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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 →

Sword of TruthUniverse

universe27 books1994

Fantasy and epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Truth is a blade, and it cuts the hand that grips it carelessly.”
from the catalogue description

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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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His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

About coming of age, set in parallel universe.

“In a world like ours and unlike it, every human soul walks outside the body in the shape of an animal — a daemon, who speaks, who cannot be lied to, and who settles into one fixed form only when childhood ends.”
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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The Craft UniverseSeries

seriesMax Gladstone9 books2012

Urban fantasy.

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The Percheron SagaSeries

seriesFiona McIntosh3 books2005

About court intrigue.

“Thrust into the centre of this epic battle is Lazar, and his beloved Ana.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Odalisque →

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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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 Kingdom Wars?: World of Ice and Fire — the closest match to Kingdom Wars on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Kingdom Wars?: A Hideous Beauty. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Kingdom Wars.
How big is Kingdom Wars?: Kingdom Wars is 3 books, 2007–2019.

Books like Kingdom Wars: 9 series to read next

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