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Books like The Burning Kingdoms: 9 series to read next

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

The Burning Kingdoms is 3 books, 2021–2024.

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World of Ice and Fire
Malazan
The Inheritance (Jemisin)
An Ember in the Ashes
The Acacia Trilogy
Cosmere
The Prison Healer
Throne of Glass
Ash Princess

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

About war.

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

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MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

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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The Inheritance (Jemisin)Series

seriesN. K. Jemisin9 books2010

Epic fantasy and fantasy, dark in tone, about political intrigue and gods, set in secondary world.

Start with The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms →

An Ember in the AshesSeries

seriesSabaa Tahir4 books2015

“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 →

The Acacia TrilogySeries

seriesDavid Anthony Durham3 books2007

About war.

“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 →

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 →

The Prison HealerSeries

seriesLynette Noni3 books2021

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 →

Throne of GlassSeries

seriesSarah J. Maas & Lynette Noni15 books2012

“As the story progresses, Celaena forms unexpected bonds and uncovers a conspiracy amidst her adventures.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Throne of Glass →

Ash PrincessSeries

seriesLaura Sebastian3 books2018

“Theodosia was six when her country was invaded and her mother, the Fire Queen, was murdered before her eyes.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Ash Princess →

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.

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What should I read after The Burning Kingdoms?: World of Ice and Fire — the closest match to The Burning Kingdoms on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Burning Kingdoms?: The Jasmine Throne. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Burning Kingdoms.
How big is The Burning Kingdoms?: The Burning Kingdoms is 3 books, 2021–2024.

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