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Books like Mirage Makers: 9 series to read next

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

Mirage Makers is 3 books, 2006–2007.

“The Exaltarch rules the Tyranian Empire through force and a network of spies known as the Brotherhood.”
from the catalogue description of Heart of the Mirage

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World of Ice and Fire
The Riftwar
Cosmere
Malazan
Throne of Glass
The Powder Mage
Kyralia series
Grishaverse
An Ember in the Ashes

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Dark in tone, about war.

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

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The RiftwarUniverse

universe44 books1982

Epic fantasy and 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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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 →

MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

Dark in tone, about war.

“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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Throne of GlassSeries

seriesSarah J. Maas & Lynette Noni15 books2012

“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 →

The Powder MageUniverse

universe19 books2013

About war.

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

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Kyralia seriesUniverse

universe8 books2001

About wizards.

“Once a year the magicians of Kyralia sweep the beggars out of the capital, and once a year the beggars throw stones.”
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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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

Start with An Ember in the Ashes →

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.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after Mirage Makers?: World of Ice and Fire — the closest match to Mirage Makers on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Mirage Makers?: Heart of the Mirage. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Mirage Makers.
How big is Mirage Makers?: Mirage Makers is 3 books, 2006–2007.

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