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Books like Tainted Dominion: 9 series to read next

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

Tainted Dominion is 4 books, 2020–2023.

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Red Queen
World of Ice and Fire
Cosmere
An Ember in the Ashes
Malazan
Tolkien's legendarium
The Powerless Trilogy
The Poppy War
The Acacia Trilogy

Red QueenSeries

seriesVictoria Aveyard14 books2015

“Victoria Aveyard's debut novel opens a four-book main sequence - Red Queen, Glass Sword, King's Cage, War Storm - plus the interstitial novella Cruel Crown and the epilogue novella Broken Throne.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Queen Song →

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Epic fantasy, about political intrigue and war.

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

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CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

Epic fantasy.

“Before the worlds, there was Adonalsium, and then there was not.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Final Empire →

An Ember in the AshesSeries

seriesSabaa Tahir4 books2015

Epic fantasy.

“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 →

MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

Epic fantasy, about war.

“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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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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The Powerless TrilogySeries

seriesLauren Roberts5 books2023

Romantasy.

“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 →

The Poppy WarSeries

seriesR. F. Kuang4 books2018

Grimdark and epic fantasy, about war.

“The Poppy War follows Rin, a war orphan who tests into an elite military academy and discovers a talent for shamanic power tied to a pantheon of vengeful gods.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Poppy War →

The Acacia TrilogySeries

seriesDavid Anthony Durham3 books2007

Epic fantasy, about war and political intrigue.

“David Anthony Durham's trilogy, continuing through The Other Lands and The Sacred Band, follows the siblings as each confronts a different piece of the empire's hidden machinery.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Acacia: The War with the Mein →

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 Tainted Dominion?: Red Queen — the closest match to Tainted Dominion on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Tainted Dominion?: Legacy of the Brightwash. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Tainted Dominion.
How big is Tainted Dominion?: Tainted Dominion is 4 books, 2020–2023.

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