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Books like Shattered Realms: 9 series to read next

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

Shattered Realms is 4 books, 2016–2019.

“Thrown together by chance and united by their hatred of the king, Ash, a gifted healer, and Jenna, a girl abandoned at birth, find themselves on the run from the King's Guard.”
from the catalogue description of Flamecaster

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World of Ice and Fire
Tolkien's legendarium
The Riftwar
Malazan
The Powder Mage
Dragon Trilogies
Seven Realms Universe
The Codex Alera
Grishaverse

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

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

“Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”
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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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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MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

Epic fantasy, dark in tone, about war, set in secondary world.

“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 Powder MageUniverse

universe19 books2013

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

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

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Dragon TrilogiesSeries

seriesMelanie Rawn6 books1988

About dragons.

“The Dragon Prince trilogy focuses on Prince Rohan of the Desert and his Sunrunner wife, Sioned, while the Dragon Star trilogy focuses on their son, Pol.”
from the catalogue description
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Seven Realms UniverseSeries

seriesCinda Williams Chima8 books2009

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

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The Codex AleraSeries

seriesJim Butcher6 books2004

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

“Jim Butcher's six-book series, continuing through Academ's Fury, Cursor's Fury, Captain's Fury, Princeps' Fury, and First Lord's Fury, builds from small-scale political maneuvering into full-scale war.”
from the catalogue description

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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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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.

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What should I read after Shattered Realms?: World of Ice and Fire — the closest match to Shattered Realms on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Shattered Realms?: Flamecaster. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Shattered Realms.
How big is Shattered Realms?: Shattered Realms is 4 books, 2016–2019.

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