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Books like The Acacia Trilogy: 9 series to read next

The Acacia Trilogy is epic fantasy and fantasy, about war, set in secondary world, dark in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Acacia Trilogy is 3 books, 2007–2011.

“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.”
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World of Ice and Fire
Malazan
The Riftwar
The Poppy War
The Circle of the World
The Powder Mage
The Codex Alera
Tolkien's legendarium
Cosmere

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.”
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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.”
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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.”
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The Poppy WarSeries

seriesR. F. Kuang4 books2018

Grimdark.

“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 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 →

The Powder MageUniverse

universe19 books2013

Epic fantasy and fantasy, tense in tone, about war and political intrigue, set in secondary world.

“Load your powder, and pray your sorcery outruns their cannon.”
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The Codex AleraSeries

seriesJim Butcher6 books2004

Epic fantasy and fantasy, tense and adventurous in tone, about war and political intrigue, set in secondary world.

“Jim Butcher's six-book series, continuing through Academ's Fury, Cursor's Fury, Captain's Fury, Princeps' Fury, and First Lord's Fury, builds from small-scale political maneuvering into full-scale war.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Furies of Calderon →

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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CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

Fantasy and epic 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 →

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 The Acacia Trilogy?: World of Ice and Fire — the closest match to The Acacia Trilogy on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Acacia Trilogy?: Acacia: The War with the Mein. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Acacia Trilogy.
How big is The Acacia Trilogy?: The Acacia Trilogy is 3 books, 2007–2011.

Books like The Acacia Trilogy: 9 series to read next

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