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Books like Shadow Rogue: 9 series to read next

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

Shadow Rogue is 4 books, 2019–2021.

“For Kellik, a once-rising star of Port Gloom's guild of thieves, it also leaves him floating in the bay, bleeding out and without hope or allies.”
from the catalogue description of Rise of the Shadow Rogue

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World of Ice and Fire
Grishaverse
The Circle of the World
Shattered Sea
Malazan
The Broken Empire
The Prison Healer
The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieu
Rigante

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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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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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 →

Shattered SeaSeries

seriesJoe Abercrombie4 books2014

Epic fantasy, 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 →

MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

Epic fantasy, about war.

“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 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 Prison HealerSeries

seriesLynette Noni3 books2021

Epic fantasy.

“Lynette Noni's YA trilogy follows Kiva Meridan, a teenage healer imprisoned in the brutal death camp of Zalindov, who is forced to stand trial by combat in another prisoner's place when a mysterious rebel movement upends the prison's order.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Prison Healer →

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) →

RiganteSeries

seriesDavid Gemmell4 books1998

Epic fantasy, about war.

“Fierce and proud, the Rigante dwell deep in the green mountain lands, worshiping the gods of air and water, and the spirits of the earth.”
from the catalogue description of Sword in the Storm

Start with Sword in the Storm →

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 Shadow Rogue?: World of Ice and Fire — the closest match to Shadow Rogue on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Shadow Rogue?: Rise of the Shadow Rogue. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Shadow Rogue.
How big is Shadow Rogue?: Shadow Rogue is 4 books, 2019–2021.

Books like Shadow Rogue: 9 series to read next

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