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Books like Orcs: Bad Blood: 9 series to read next

Orcs: Bad Blood is set in secondary world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Orcs: Bad Blood is 4 books, 2008–2015.

“Orcs: Bad Blood is Stan Nicholls's follow-up trilogy to Orcs: First Blood, the series he's best known for, which tells epic fantasy from the point of view of orc characters rather than the usual human or elven heroes.”
from the catalogue description

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World of Ice and Fire
Malazan
The Circle of the World
Cosmere
Shattered Sea
The Broken Empire
The Lotus War
The Poppy War
The Powder Mage

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Fantasy and epic fantasy, dark in tone, about political intrigue and war, set in secondary world.

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

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MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

“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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The Circle of the WorldUniverse

universe29 books2006

Fantasy and grimdark, set in secondary world.

“What sets it apart is the honesty of its cynicism — close, sardonic points of view, gallows humour, and a flat refusal to let anyone stay clean.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Blade Itself →

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 →

Shattered SeaSeries

seriesJoe Abercrombie4 books2014

About coming of age.

“Yarvi, el hijo menor del rey, nació con una malformación en una mano que ha llevado a todo el mundo, incluso a su propio padre, a considerarlo «medio hombre».”
from the catalogue description of Half a King
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Start with Half a King →

The Broken EmpireUniverse

universe27 books2011

Grimdark, dark in tone, set in secondary world.

“What looks like sword-and-castle medievalism is the ash of our own age, and the magic is only physics that learned to listen.”
from the catalogue description

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The Lotus WarSeries

seriesJay Kristoff4 books2012

Fantasy, dark in tone, about rebellion and revolution, set in secondary world.

“Land and sky have been poisoned by industrialization, the Lotus Guild oppresses the populace and the nation's Shogun is lost to his thirst for power.”
from the catalogue description of Stormdancer

Start with Stormdancer →

The Poppy WarSeries

seriesR. F. Kuang4 books2018

Fantasy and grimdark, tense and dark in tone, about war, set in secondary world.

“The Poppy War follows Rin, a war orphan who tests into an elite military academy and discovers a talent for shamanic power tied to a pantheon of vengeful gods.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Poppy War →

The Powder MageUniverse

universe19 books2013

Fantasy and epic fantasy, tense in tone, about political intrigue and war, set in secondary world.

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

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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 Orcs: Bad Blood?: World of Ice and Fire — the closest match to Orcs: Bad Blood on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Orcs: Bad Blood?: Weapons of Magical Destruction. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Orcs: Bad Blood.
How big is Orcs: Bad Blood?: Orcs: Bad Blood is 4 books, 2008–2015.

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