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Books like The Dark Queen: 9 series to read next

The Dark Queen is historical fantasy, about witches, set in renaissance and early modern and europe, tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Dark Queen is 6 books, 2005–2012.

“Long ago there lived a group of women known as the Daughters of the Earth, revered for their wisdom and knowledge, skilled in healing and white magic.”
from the catalogue description

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Heirs of Alexandria
The Tudor Witch
Onyx Court
The Inheritors' Cycle
All Souls
Cassandra Palmer
Night's Masque
Swords of Albion
Dark Birthright Saga

Heirs of AlexandriaSeries

seriesDave Freer, Eric Flint & Mercedes Lackey7 books2002

Alternate history, set in mediterranean.

“The books combine elements from the styles of all three authors, such as Lackey's approach to tolerance and magic and Flint's sense of history alteration.”
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Start with The Shadow of the Lion →

The Tudor WitchSeries

seriesVictoria Lamb3 books2012

Start with Witchstruck →

Onyx CourtSeries

seriesMarie Brennan7 books2008

About fae.

“Marie Brennan's Onyx Court series is set in a faerie court hidden beneath London, ruled across the centuries by successive fae monarchs shadowing the human city above.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Midnight Never Come →

The Inheritors' CycleSeries

seriesC. E. Murphy2 books2008

Fantasy.

“Now Belinda's powers are unlike anything Lorraine could have imagined.”
from the catalogue description of The Queen's Bastard

Start with The Queen's Bastard →

All SoulsSeries

seriesDeborah Harkness5 books2011

Fantasy, about vampires, set in contemporary.

Start with A Discovery of Witches →

Cassandra PalmerUniverse

universe40 books2006

Urban fantasy, set in contemporary and our world.

“Cassie Palmer sees dead people, reads the future, and was raised by vampires who'd have sold her to the highest bidder — and that's before the job offer.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

Night's MasqueSeries

seriesAnne Lyle3 books2012

Historical fantasy, about political intrigue, set in renaissance and early modern and british isles.

“When Tudor explorers returned from the New World, they brought back a name out of half-forgotten Viking legend: skraylings.”
from the catalogue description of The Alchemist of Souls

Start with The Alchemist of Souls →

Swords of AlbionSeries

seriesMark Chadbourn4 books2007

Historical fantasy, tense in tone, about political intrigue, set in renaissance and early modern and british isles.

Start with The Silver Skull →

Dark Birthright SagaSeries

seriesJeanne Treat3 books2006

Historical fantasy, dark in tone, set in renaissance and early modern and british isles.

“A child born of mysterious parentage is given to fisher folk to raise as their son.”
from the catalogue description of Dark Birthright

Start with Dark Birthright →

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 Dark Queen?: Heirs of Alexandria — the closest match to The Dark Queen on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Dark Queen?: The Dark Queen. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Dark Queen.
How big is The Dark Queen?: The Dark Queen is 6 books, 2005–2012.

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