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Books like Of Magic and Contempt: 9 series to read next

Of Magic and Contempt is fantasy. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Of Magic and Contempt is 6 books, 2020–2023.

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World of Ice and Fire
The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieu
Grishaverse
Tolkien's legendarium
Stephen King multiverse
Cosmere
The Circle Trilogy
Kingdom of the Wicked (Kerri Maniscalco)
Sun Wolf and Starhawk

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Epic fantasy, about war.

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

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The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieuSeries

seriesGarth Nix11 books1995

Start with An Essay on Free Magic: (A manuscript fragment from the Great Library of the Clayr) →

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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Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

universe163 books1923

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Before the seas were bent and the mountains raised, there was Music — and from that Music came Arda, and in the west of Middle-earth the long defeat and stubborn hope of those who dwell there.”
from the catalogue description

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Stephen King multiverseUniverse

universe46 books1967

Dark in tone.

“The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Gunslinger →

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 →

The Circle TrilogySeries

seriesNora Roberts3 books2006

About vampires.

“In the last days of high summer, with lightning striking blue in a black sky, the sorcerer stood on a high cliff overlooking the raging sea . . .”
from the catalogue description of Morrigan's Cross

Start with Morrigan's Cross →

Kingdom of the Wicked (Kerri Maniscalco)Series

seriesKerri Maniscalco6 books2020

Romantasy, about demons.

“Kerri Maniscalco's trilogy follows Emilia, a Sicilian witch whose twin sister is murdered by a serial killer targeting witches, forcing her into an uneasy bargain with Wrath, one of the seven princes of Hell, to hunt the culprit.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Kingdom of the Wicked →

Sun Wolf and StarhawkSeries

seriesBarbara Hambly7 books1984

Sword and sorcery, adventurous in tone, about wizards.

“Sun Wolf's partnership with his lieutenant Starhawk carries across The Ladies of Mandrigyn, The Witches of Wenshar, and further volumes as both are drawn deeper into magic neither originally wanted.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Ladies of Mandrigyn →

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 Of Magic and Contempt?: World of Ice and Fire — the closest match to Of Magic and Contempt on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Of Magic and Contempt?: Beneath Contempt. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Of Magic and Contempt.
How big is Of Magic and Contempt?: Of Magic and Contempt is 6 books, 2020–2023.

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