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Books like Sorcery Ascendant Sequence: 9 series to read next

Sorcery Ascendant Sequence 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.

Sorcery Ascendant Sequence is 5 books, 2013–2018.

“When young Caldan's parents are brutally slain, the boy is raised by monks who initiate him into the arcane mysteries of sorcery.”
from the catalogue description of A Crucible of Souls

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World of Ice and Fire
Tolkien's legendarium
Malazan
Shattered Sea
The Riftwar
Cosmere
Grishaverse
The Circle of the World
Sword of Truth

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Epic fantasy and fantasy, dark in tone, about political intrigue and war, 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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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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Shattered SeaSeries

seriesJoe Abercrombie4 books2014

“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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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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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 →

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

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 →

Sword of TruthUniverse

universe27 books1994

Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Truth is a blade, and it cuts the hand that grips it carelessly.”
from the catalogue description

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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 Sorcery Ascendant Sequence?: World of Ice and Fire — the closest match to Sorcery Ascendant Sequence on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Sorcery Ascendant Sequence?: A Crucible of Souls. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Sorcery Ascendant Sequence.
How big is Sorcery Ascendant Sequence?: Sorcery Ascendant Sequence is 5 books, 2013–2018.

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