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Books like Renthia: 9 series to read next

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

Renthia is 5 books, 2016–2019.

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World of Ice and Fire
Throne of Glass
Grishaverse
Malazan
Sword of Truth
The Queen of the Tearling
Cosmere
Shattered Sea
The Riftwar

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Epic fantasy and 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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Throne of GlassSeries

seriesSarah J. Maas & Lynette Noni15 books2012

Epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“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 →

GrishaverseUniverse

universe19 books2012

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Saints are canonized here the way soldiers are buried elsewhere — quietly, and too often.”
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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Sword of TruthUniverse

universe27 books1994

Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Truth is a blade, and it cuts the hand that grips it carelessly.”
from the catalogue description

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The Queen of the TearlingSeries

seriesErika Johansen4 books2014

Epic fantasy, tense in tone, about political intrigue, set in secondary world.

“Erika Johansen's Queen of the Tearling trilogy follows Kelsea Raleigh Glynn, heir to a struggling kingdom on a future landmass, as she's thrust from hiding into a throne threatened by more powerful neighboring realms.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Queen of the Tearling →

CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

Epic fantasy and 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

Epic fantasy and fantasy, dark in tone, about coming of age, set in secondary world.

“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 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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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 Renthia?: World of Ice and Fire — the closest match to Renthia on what it is about, not on what sells.
How big is Renthia?: Renthia is 5 books, 2016–2019.

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