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Books like Lilith's Shadow: 9 series to read next

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

Lilith's Shadow is 6 books, 2017–2021.

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Earthsea
His Dark Materials
World of Ice and Fire
Queen's Thief
Grishaverse
Cosmere
Kushiel's Legacy Universe
Seraphina Universe
Raybearer

EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Epic fantasy, reflective in tone, about wizards.

“There is a lesson every wizard of Earthsea learns young: to know a thing's true name is to hold its whole being, and to speak it is to move the balance of the world.”
from the catalogue description

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His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

Adventurous in tone, 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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World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Epic fantasy, dark in tone, about war.

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

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Queen's ThiefSeries

seriesMegan Whalen Turner41 books1996

“Megan Whalen Turner's series expands from that single heist into court intrigue and small-scale warfare among a set of Mediterranean-flavored kingdoms, with later books often shifting whose perspective the reader trusts.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Thief →

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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CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

Epic fantasy.

“Before the worlds, there was Adonalsium, and then there was not.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Final Empire →

Kushiel's Legacy UniverseSeries

seriesJacqueline Carey13 books2001

Fantasy, emotional in tone, about political intrigue, set in secondary world.

“Since the series features a fictional version of medieval Western Europe, it can be considered historical fantasy or alternate history.”
from the catalogue description of Earth Begotten

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Seraphina UniverseSeries

seriesRachel Hartman6 books2012

Start with Among Ghosts →

RaybearerSeries

seriesJordan Ifueko3 books2020

Epic fantasy.

“Redemptor continues her reign as empress, dealing with the political and spiritual fallout of the choices she made, while The Maid and the Crocodile follows a different protagonist in the same world.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Raybearer →

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 Lilith's Shadow?: Earthsea — the closest match to Lilith's Shadow on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Lilith's Shadow?: Born a Queen. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Lilith's Shadow.
How big is Lilith's Shadow?: Lilith's Shadow is 6 books, 2017–2021.

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