Series

Books like Lightlark: 9 series to read next

Lightlark is 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.

Lightlark is 6 books, 2022–2025.

“Alex Aster's Lightlark saga is set on an island where six realms, each bound by an old curse, converge only once a century for a deadly game that could break their curses for good.”
from the catalogue description

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The Bridge Kingdom
This Woven Kingdom
The Cursebreaker
Throne of Glass
World of Ice and Fire
Legacy of Orisha
The Powerless Trilogy
An Ember in the Ashes
Grishaverse

The Bridge KingdomSeries

seriesDanielle L. Jensen7 books2018

About war.

“The first is that King Aren of the Bridge Kingdom is her enemy.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Bridge Kingdom →

This Woven KingdomSeries

seriesTahereh Mafi4 books2022

Romantasy and epic fantasy, emotional in tone, about political intrigue, set in secondary world.

“Tahereh Mafi's This Woven Kingdom follows Alizeh, a servant girl who is secretly the long-lost heir to an ancient Jinn kingdom, and Kamran, the human crown prince drawn to her despite prophecies foretelling his own king's downfall.”
from the catalogue description

Start with This Woven Kingdom →

The CursebreakerSeries

seriesBrigid Kemmerer3 books2019

Fantasy and romantasy, emotional in tone, about curses, set in secondary world.

“Sequels include A Heart So Fierce and Broken and A Vow So Bold and Deadly.”
from the catalogue description of A Curse So Dark and Lonely

Start with A Curse So Dark and Lonely →

Throne of GlassSeries

seriesSarah J. Maas & Lynette Noni15 books2012

Epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“As the story progresses, Celaena forms unexpected bonds and uncovers a conspiracy amidst her adventures.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Throne of Glass →

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

About war.

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

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Legacy of OrishaSeries

seriesTomi Adeyemi3 books2018

About rebellion and revolution.

“Tomi Adeyemi's Legacy of Orïsha trilogy opens with Children of Blood and Bone, following Zélie, a girl from a persecuted caste of former magic-users, on a quest to restore magic to a kingdom that outlawed and hunted her people.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Children of Blood and Bone →

The Powerless TrilogySeries

seriesLauren Roberts5 books2023

Fantasy and romantasy, set in secondary world.

“Lauren Roberts' trilogy, beginning with Powerless, was later expanded with a further Fearless duology set in the same world.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Powerless →

An Ember in the AshesSeries

seriesSabaa Tahir4 books2015

About rebellion and revolution.

“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

Start with An Ember in the Ashes →

GrishaverseUniverse

universe19 books2012

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Saints are canonized here the way soldiers are buried elsewhere — quietly, and too often.”
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 Lightlark?: The Bridge Kingdom — the closest match to Lightlark on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Lightlark?: Lightlark. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Lightlark.
How big is Lightlark?: Lightlark is 6 books, 2022–2025.

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