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Books like The Craft Wars: 9 series to read next

The Craft Wars is fantasy. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Craft Wars is 3 books, 2023–2025.

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Cosmere
Sword of Truth
The Scholomance
The Riftwar
World of Ice and Fire
Dragon Trilogies
Shannara
Tolkien's legendarium
Darwath

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 →

Sword of TruthUniverse

universe27 books1994

Epic fantasy.

“Truth is a blade, and it cuts the hand that grips it carelessly.”
from the catalogue description

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The ScholomanceSeries

seriesNaomi Novik3 books2020

Dark fantasy, about magic schools and survival.

Start with A Deadly Education →

The RiftwarUniverse

universe44 books1982

Epic fantasy.

“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.”
from the catalogue description

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World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Epic fantasy, about war.

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

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Dragon TrilogiesSeries

seriesMelanie Rawn6 books1988

Epic fantasy, about dragons.

“The Dragon Prince trilogy focuses on Prince Rohan of the Desert and his Sunrunner wife, Sioned, while the Dragon Star trilogy focuses on their son, Pol.”
from the catalogue description
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ShannaraUniverse

universe50 books1977

Epic fantasy.

“Long after the world we know has burned itself to slag in the Great Wars, the Four Lands rise green over the bones of the old age.”
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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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 →

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 Craft Wars?: Cosmere — the closest match to The Craft Wars on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Craft Wars?: Dead Country. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Craft Wars.
How big is The Craft Wars?: The Craft Wars is 3 books, 2023–2025.

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