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Books like Something Dark and Holy: 9 series to read next

Something Dark and Holy 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.

Something Dark and Holy is 3 books, 2019–2021.

“A girl who can speak to gods, a prince who must learn whom to trust, and a boy with a monstrous secret seek to assassinate the king and stop a centuries-long war.”
from the catalogue description of Wicked Saints

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Malazan
World of Ice and Fire
Deepgate Universe
Grishaverse
Night Angel
An Ember in the Ashes
The Ancestor
The Circle of the World
Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne Universe

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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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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Deepgate UniverseSeries

seriesAlan Campbell5 books2006

Dark fantasy, dark in tone, about gods, set in secondary world.

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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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Night AngelUniverse

universe6 books2008

Dark fantasy and fantasy, tense and dark in tone, about assassins, set in secondary world.

“There are killers, and then there are wetboys — and the difference is that a wetboy never misses, because the magic in his blood will not let him.”
from the catalogue description

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An Ember in the AshesSeries

seriesSabaa Tahir4 books2015

About rebellion and revolution.

“Sabaa Tahir's quartet, continuing through A Torch Against the Night, A Reaper at the Gates, and A Sky Beyond the Storm, follows the two toward a reckoning with the empire that trained one of them to enforce it.”
from the catalogue description

Start with An Ember in the Ashes →

The AncestorSeries

seriesMark Lawrence4 books2017

About coming of age.

“The three novels tell the story of Nona Grey, a peasant girl with mystical abilities.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Red Sister →

The Circle of the WorldUniverse

universe29 books2006

Grimdark.

“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 →

Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne UniverseSeries

seriesBrian Staveley6 books2014

“Skullsworn is Brian Staveley's standalone prequel novel, set in the same world as his epic fantasy trilogy The Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Better Than Breath →

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.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after Something Dark and Holy?: Malazan — the closest match to Something Dark and Holy on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Something Dark and Holy?: Wicked Saints. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Something Dark and Holy.
How big is Something Dark and Holy?: Something Dark and Holy is 3 books, 2019–2021.

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