Series
Books like The Dark Star Trilogy: 9 series to read next
The Dark Star Trilogy is fantasy and mythic fantasy, about political intrigue, set in secondary world, dark in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.
The Dark Star Trilogy is 2 books, 2019–2022.
“Marlon James's Dark Star Trilogy opens with Black Leopard, Red Wolf, in which a mercenary tracker is hired to find a missing boy and is drawn into a war between kingdoms across a continent built from African history and mythology.”
from the catalogue description
- World of Ice and Fire
- Malazan
- Tolkien's legendarium
- The Circle of the World
- Zimiamvian Trilogy
- Birthgrave
- Grishaverse
- The Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone
- The Inheritance (Jemisin)
- World of Ice and FireUniverse
universe19 books1980
Epic fantasy.
matchedsecondary worlddarkpolitical intriguefantasywar
- Tolkien's legendariumUniverse
universe163 books1923
Fantasy, set in secondary world.
matchedsecondary worldfantasy
- Zimiamvian TrilogySeries
seriesE. R. Eddison4 books1922
Epic fantasy, about court intrigue.
matchedsecondary worldfantasypolitical intrigue
- BirthgraveSeries
seriesTanith Lee3 books1975
About revenge and identity.
matcheddarksecondary worldfantasy
seriesGreg Keyes4 books2003
Epic fantasy.
matchedsecondary worlddarkpolitical intriguefantasy
seriesN. K. Jemisin9 books2010
Epic fantasy.
matchedsecondary worlddarkfantasypolitical intriguegods
Read next in The Dark Star Trilogy
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 Star Trilogy?
- World of Ice and Fire — the closest match to The Dark Star Trilogy on what it is about, not on what sells.
- Where do I start with The Dark Star Trilogy?
- Black Leopard, Red Wolf. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Dark Star Trilogy.
- How big is The Dark Star Trilogy?
- The Dark Star Trilogy is 2 books, 2019–2022.










