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Books like The Black Plague: 9 series to read next

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

The Black Plague is 7 books, 2011–2019.

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Malazan
World of Ice and Fire
The Circle of the World
Thomas Cale
Tolkien's legendarium
The Demon Cycle
Darwath
The Second Apocalypse
The Prison Healer

MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

Epic fantasy.

“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, about political intrigue.

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

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The Circle of the WorldUniverse

universe29 books2006

Fantasy and grimdark, set in secondary world.

“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 →

Thomas CaleSeries

seriesPaul Hoffman4 books2010

Dark fantasy, dark in tone, about war and faith and religion, set in secondary world.

“Paul Hoffman's Thomas Cale series opens with The Left Hand of God, following a boy raised by a brutal religious military order who escapes into a wider world he's been kept ignorant of.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Left Hand of God →

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 Demon CycleUniverse

universe18 books2008

Epic fantasy.

“When the sun goes down, the ground breathes out murder.”
from the catalogue description

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DarwathSeries

seriesBarbara Hambly7 books1982

Fantasy, dark in tone, set in secondary world.

“Darwath begins with two modern-day Californians pulled through a portal into a dying medieval world under siege from the Dark, shape-shifting monsters that hunt by night and are driving civilization underground.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Time of the Dark →

The Second ApocalypseSeries

seriesR. Scott Bakker11 books2003

Epic fantasy, challenging in tone, about political intrigue.

Start with The Knife of Many Hands →

The Prison HealerSeries

seriesLynette Noni3 books2021

Epic fantasy, about revenge.

“Lynette Noni's YA trilogy follows Kiva Meridan, a teenage healer imprisoned in the brutal death camp of Zalindov, who is forced to stand trial by combat in another prisoner's place when a mysterious rebel movement upends the prison's order.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Prison Healer →

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 Black Plague?: Malazan — the closest match to The Black Plague on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Black Plague?: Dead Winter. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Black Plague.
How big is The Black Plague?: The Black Plague is 7 books, 2011–2019.

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