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Books like Rojan Dizon: 9 series to read next

Rojan Dizon is fantasy, set in secondary world and big city, dark and tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Rojan Dizon is 3 books, from 2013.

“From the depths of a valley rises the city of Mahala.”
from the catalogue description of Fade to Black

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World of Ice and Fire
The Circle of the World
Malazan
Cosmere
The Poppy War
Blood of Lilith
The Scholomance
Darwath
Witches Steeped in Gold

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Epic fantasy.

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

Reading order →

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 →

MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

Epic fantasy.

“Pity the historian who tries to map this world; pity more the god who thinks he rules it.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

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 Poppy WarSeries

seriesR. F. Kuang4 books2018

Epic fantasy.

“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 →

Blood of LilithSeries

seriesScarlett St. Clair1 book2025

Romantasy, about forbidden love.

“Estranged from her powerful family, Lilith Leviathan finds refuge in Nineveh, a district in the city of Eden devoted to sin.”
from the catalogue description of Terror at the Gates

Start with Terror at the Gates →

The ScholomanceSeries

seriesNaomi Novik3 books2020

About magic schools and coming of age.

Start with A Deadly Education →

DarwathSeries

seriesBarbara Hambly7 books1982

Fantasy, dark in tone, set in secondary world.

“Darwath begins with two modern-day Californians pulled through a portal into a dying medieval world under siege from the Dark, shape-shifting monsters that hunt by night and are driving civilization underground.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Time of the Dark →

Witches Steeped in GoldSeries

seriesCiannon Smart2 books2021

About witches and enemies to lovers.

Start with Witches Steeped in Gold →

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 Rojan Dizon?: World of Ice and Fire — the closest match to Rojan Dizon on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Rojan Dizon?: Fade to Black. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Rojan Dizon.
How big is Rojan Dizon?: Rojan Dizon is 3 books, from 2013.

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