Series
Books like The Broken Earth: 9 series to read next
The Broken Earth is science fantasy and fantasy, about ecological collapse, 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 Broken Earth is 5 books, 2014–2017.
“N. K. Jemisin's Broken Earth trilogy is set on the Stillness, a single supercontinent wracked every few centuries by civilization-ending climate catastrophes called Fifth Seasons.”
from the catalogue description
- Earthseed
- Imperial Radch
- Book of The New Sun
- Earthsea
- Hainish
- World of Ice and Fire
- Malazan
- Stephen King multiverse
- The Circle of the World
- EarthseedSeries
seriesOctavia E. Butler, Damian Duffy, David Brame & John Jennings7 books1993
Loreful pick
Butler's collapse novels: survival, power and community written with the same unsparing clarity.
matcheddarksurvivalscience fiction
- Imperial RadchSeries
seriesAnn Leckie7 books2012
Loreful pick
Empire seen from the tool it used, in prose that makes you re-read the first chapter.
matchedscience fiction
- Book of The New SunSeries
seriesGene Wolfe7 books1980
Loreful pick
The other great dying-earth work, where the geology is also a character.
matchedscience fantasysecondary worldfantasyscience fiction
- EarthseaUniverse
universe19 books1964
Loreful pick
Power as an inheritance and a burden, in the same short, weighted sentences.
matchedsecondary worldfantasy
- HainishSeries
seriesUrsula K. Le Guin33 books1964
Loreful pick
Societies built and broken as thought experiments, with the same political seriousness.
matchedscience fiction
- World of Ice and FireUniverse
universe19 books1980
Epic fantasy, about political intrigue and war.
matchedsecondary worlddarkfantasy
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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.
Questions readers ask
- What should I read after The Broken Earth?
- Earthseed. Butler's collapse novels: survival, power and community written with the same unsparing clarity.
- Where do I start with The Broken Earth?
- The Fifth Season. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Broken Earth.
- How big is The Broken Earth?
- The Broken Earth is 5 books, 2014–2017.