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Books like The Crucible: 9 series to read next

The Crucible is 3 books, 2000–2002.

“Sara Douglass' The Crucible trilogy follows an English friar and nobleman, Thomas Neville, drawn into a war between heavenly and infernal forces across England and Europe during the late Middle Ages.”
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Shards of Empire
The Broken Empire
The Milkweed Triptych
Damiano
Heirs to Byzantium
The Radiant Emperor
Oxford Time Travel
Legends of the Wolves
World of Ice and Fire

Shards of EmpireSeries

seriesSusan Shwartz2 books1996

Historical fantasy, tense in tone, about war and faith and religion, set in europe and medieval.

“In the tenth century, the center of the world is not Rome, but Byzantium.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Shards of Empire →

The Broken EmpireUniverse

universe27 books2011

Grimdark.

“What looks like sword-and-castle medievalism is the ash of our own age, and the magic is only physics that learned to listen.”
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The Milkweed TriptychSeries

seriesIan Tregillis3 books2010

Set in early 20th century and british isles.

Start with Bitter Seeds →

DamianoSeries

seriesR. A. MacAvoy3 books1984

Emotional in tone, about angels, set in renaissance and early modern.

“R. A. MacAvoy's trilogy continues through Damiano's Lute and Raphael, later collected as A Trio for Lute, and was praised for its light touch with small-scale magic set against real cruelty.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Damiano →

Heirs to ByzantiumSeries

seriesSusan Shwartz3 books1987

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

Start with Byzantium's Crown →

The Radiant EmperorSeries

seriesShelley Parker-Chan2 books2021

About rebellion and revolution, set in east asia.

“The Radiant Emperor reimagines the rise of the founder of a Chinese dynasty as a peasant girl who takes on her dead brother's identity and destiny to survive famine and war, rising through ambition and deception toward the throne.”
from the catalogue description

Start with She Who Became the Sun →

Oxford Time TravelSeries

seriesConnie Willis6 books1982

Science fiction and time travel, about survival, set in british isles.

“Connie Willis's Oxford Time Travel novels are set at a near-future Oxford University where historians travel into the past as observers, constrained by a version of history that resists any change large enough to alter real events.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Fire Watch →

Legends of the WolvesSeries

seriesAlice Borchardt3 books1998

About werewolves.

Start with The Silver Wolf →

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Fantasy and epic fantasy, dark in tone, about war and political intrigue, set in secondary world.

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

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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 Crucible?: Shards of Empire — the closest match to The Crucible on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Crucible?: The Nameless Day. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Crucible.
How big is The Crucible?: The Crucible is 3 books, 2000–2002.
Is The Crucible finished?: Yes — 3 books, 2000–2002.

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