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Books like Stars and Shadows: 9 series to read next

Stars and Shadows is set in secondary world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Stars and Shadows is 4 books, 2022–2023.

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The Bridge Kingdom
World of Ice and Fire
Lightlark
The Powerless Trilogy
An Ember in the Ashes
This Woven Kingdom
Celestial Kingdom
Winner's Trilogy
The Cursebreaker

The Bridge KingdomSeries

seriesDanielle L. Jensen7 books2018

About war.

“The first is that King Aren of the Bridge Kingdom is her enemy.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Bridge Kingdom →

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Dark in tone, about war.

“Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

LightlarkSeries

seriesAlex Aster6 books2022

“Alex Aster's Lightlark saga is set on an island where six realms, each bound by an old curse, converge only once a century for a deadly game that could break their curses for good.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Lightlark →

The Powerless TrilogySeries

seriesLauren Roberts5 books2023

“Lauren Roberts' trilogy, beginning with Powerless, was later expanded with a further Fearless duology set in the same world.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Powerless →

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 →

This Woven KingdomSeries

seriesTahereh Mafi4 books2022

“Tahereh Mafi's This Woven Kingdom follows Alizeh, a servant girl who is secretly the long-lost heir to an ancient Jinn kingdom, and Kamran, the human crown prince drawn to her despite prophecies foretelling his own king's downfall.”
from the catalogue description

Start with This Woven Kingdom →

Celestial KingdomSeries

seriesSue Lynn Tan4 books2022

Mythic fantasy, about gods.

“Sue Lynn Tan's Celestial Kingdom duology reimagines the Chinese legend of the moon goddess Chang'e, following her daughter Xingyin as she seeks to free her mother from an enchantment binding her to the moon.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Daughter of the Moon Goddess →

Winner's TrilogySeries

seriesMarie Rutkoski4 books2014

About war.

“An aristocratic girl who is a member of a warmongering and enslaving empire purchases a slave, an act that sets in motion a rebellion that might overthrow her world as well as her heart.”
from the catalogue description of The Winner's Curse

Start with The Winner's Curse →

The CursebreakerSeries

seriesBrigid Kemmerer3 books2019

About curses.

“Sequels include A Heart So Fierce and Broken and A Vow So Bold and Deadly.”
from the catalogue description of A Curse So Dark and Lonely

Start with A Curse So Dark and Lonely →

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 Stars and Shadows?: The Bridge Kingdom — the closest match to Stars and Shadows on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Stars and Shadows?: A Kingdom of Stars and Shadows. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Stars and Shadows.
How big is Stars and Shadows?: Stars and Shadows is 4 books, 2022–2023.

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