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Books like Snow Like Ashes: 9 series to read next

Snow Like Ashes 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.

Snow Like Ashes is 3 books, 2014–2016.

“Meira, a warrior in training and one of eight free citizens of the Kingdom of Winter following the kingdom's defeat sixteen years ago, sets out on a dangerous journey to uncover a magic talisman that can restore the kingdom's power.”
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Tolkien's legendarium
Shannara
Throne of Glass
Earthsea
Cosmere
The Riftwar
Raybearer
Pellinor
Legacy of Orisha

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.”
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ShannaraUniverse

universe50 books1977

Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Long after the world we know has burned itself to slag in the Great Wars, the Four Lands rise green over the bones of the old age.”
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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.”
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Start with Throne of Glass →

EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Reflective in tone, about wizards.

“There is a lesson every wizard of Earthsea learns young: to know a thing's true name is to hold its whole being, and to speak it is to move the balance of the world.”
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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 →

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.”
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RaybearerSeries

seriesJordan Ifueko3 books2020

Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Redemptor continues her reign as empress, dealing with the political and spiritual fallout of the choices she made, while The Maid and the Crocodile follows a different protagonist in the same world.”
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Start with Raybearer →

PellinorSeries

seriesAlison Croggon5 books2002

Epic fantasy and fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests and chosen one, set in secondary world.

“Maerad has spent most of her life enslaved on a remote farm, until the wandering Bard Cadvan recognizes in her the Gift -- a rare and powerful magical ability -- and takes her from captivity into training.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Bone Queen →

Legacy of OrishaSeries

seriesTomi Adeyemi3 books2018

Epic fantasy and fantasy, about rebellion and revolution, set in secondary world.

“Tomi Adeyemi's Legacy of Orïsha trilogy opens with Children of Blood and Bone, following Zélie, a girl from a persecuted caste of former magic-users, on a quest to restore magic to a kingdom that outlawed and hunted her people.”
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Start with Children of Blood and Bone →

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 Snow Like Ashes?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to Snow Like Ashes on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Snow Like Ashes?: Snow Like Ashes. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Snow Like Ashes.
How big is Snow Like Ashes?: Snow Like Ashes is 3 books, 2014–2016.

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