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Books like The Daevabad Trilogy: 9 series to read next

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

The Daevabad Trilogy is 5 books, 2017–2022.

“Nahri is a con artist and unlicensed healer working the streets of 18th-century Cairo who accidentally summons Dara, a formidable djinn warrior, during a fake exorcism gone wrong.”
from the catalogue description

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World of Ice and Fire
Queen's Thief
Cosmere
Zimiamvian Trilogy
The Inheritance (Jemisin)
Grishaverse
Kyralia series
Earthsea
Dragon Trilogies

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Dark in tone, about war.

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

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Queen's ThiefSeries

seriesMegan Whalen Turner41 books1996

“Megan Whalen Turner's series expands from that single heist into court intrigue and small-scale warfare among a set of Mediterranean-flavored kingdoms, with later books often shifting whose perspective the reader trusts.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Thief →

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 →

Zimiamvian TrilogySeries

seriesE. R. Eddison4 books1922

Fantasy and epic fantasy, about political intrigue and court intrigue, set in secondary world.

“Dissolution of the realm seems certain as alliances are formed and begin to intrigue against each other.”
from the catalogue description of Mistress of Mistresses
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Start with Mistress of Mistresses →

The Inheritance (Jemisin)Series

seriesN. K. Jemisin9 books2010

Dark in tone, about gods.

Start with The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms →

GrishaverseUniverse

universe19 books2012

“Saints are canonized here the way soldiers are buried elsewhere — quietly, and too often.”
from the catalogue description

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Kyralia seriesUniverse

universe8 books2001

About wizards.

“Once a year the magicians of Kyralia sweep the beggars out of the capital, and once a year the beggars throw stones.”
from the catalogue description

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EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

About wizards.

“There is a lesson every wizard of Earthsea learns young: to know a thing's true name is to hold its whole being, and to speak it is to move the balance of the world.”
from the catalogue description

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Dragon TrilogiesSeries

seriesMelanie Rawn6 books1988

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.”
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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.

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What should I read after The Daevabad Trilogy?: World of Ice and Fire — the closest match to The Daevabad Trilogy on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Daevabad Trilogy?: The City of Brass. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Daevabad Trilogy.
How big is The Daevabad Trilogy?: The Daevabad Trilogy is 5 books, 2017–2022.

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