Series
Books like New Crobuzon: 9 series to read next
New Crobuzon is weird fiction and fantasy, set in secondary world, challenging and dark in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.
New Crobuzon is 4 books, 2000–2005.
“The New Crobuzon books are three standalone novels by China Miéville set in and around New Crobuzon, a vast, corrupt industrial city in his invented world of Bas-Lag where magic, biopunk technology, and several sentient species coexist.”
from the catalogue description
- Malazan
- Gormenghast
- World of Ice and Fire
- Cosmere
- The Circle of the World
- Red Queen
- The Second Apocalypse
- The Acacia Trilogy
- Parallel Universe
- GormenghastSeries
seriesMervyn Peake & Maeve Gilmore6 books1946
Gothic.
matcheddarksecondary worldfantasy
- World of Ice and FireUniverse
universe19 books1980
Epic fantasy, about war.
matcheddarksecondary worldpolitical intriguefantasy
- Red QueenSeries
seriesVictoria Aveyard14 books2015
Dystopia, tense in tone.
matcheddarksecondary worldclass conflictfantasyrebellion and revolution
- The Second ApocalypseSeries
seriesR. Scott Bakker11 books2003
Epic fantasy and grimdark, about war.
matchedchallengingdarksecondary worldpolitical intriguefantasy
- The Acacia TrilogySeries
seriesDavid Anthony Durham3 books2007
Epic fantasy, about war.
matcheddarksecondary worldpolitical intriguefantasy
- Parallel UniverseSeries
seriesPaula Volsky5 books1991
Tense in tone.
matcheddarksecondary worldpolitical intriguefantasy
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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 New Crobuzon?
- Malazan — the closest match to New Crobuzon on what it is about, not on what sells.
- Where do I start with New Crobuzon?
- Perdido Street Station. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for New Crobuzon.
- How big is New Crobuzon?
- New Crobuzon is 4 books, 2000–2005.