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Books like Slaves to Darkness: 9 series to read next

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

Slaves to Darkness is 3 books, 2002–2004.

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World of Ice and Fire
Malazan
The Circle of the World
Deepgate Universe
Tolkien's legendarium
Rigante
Cosmere
Thomas Cale
The Broken Empire

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

About political intrigue.

“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

Grimdark and fantasy, 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 →

Deepgate UniverseSeries

seriesAlan Campbell5 books2006

About gods.

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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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RiganteSeries

seriesDavid Gemmell4 books1998

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

“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 →

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 →

Thomas CaleSeries

seriesPaul Hoffman4 books2010

About faith and religion.

“Paul Hoffman's Thomas Cale series opens with The Left Hand of God, following a boy raised by a brutal religious military order who escapes into a wider world he's been kept ignorant of.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Left Hand of God →

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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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 Slaves to Darkness?: World of Ice and Fire — the closest match to Slaves to Darkness on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Slaves to Darkness?: The Claws of Chaos. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Slaves to Darkness.
How big is Slaves to Darkness?: Slaves to Darkness is 3 books, 2002–2004.

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