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Books like The Demon Child Trilogy: 9 series to read next

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

The Demon Child Trilogy is 3 books, 2000–2001.

“Jennifer Fallon's Demon Child Trilogy follows R'shiel, a temple-raised girl who discovers she's the prophesied Demon Child at the center of a religious and political power struggle in the theocratic nation of Medalon.”
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World of Ice and Fire
The Codex Alera
Tolkien's legendarium
The Riftwar
Cosmere
Sparhawk
Dragon Trilogies
Malazan
The Powder Mage

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

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

“Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”
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The Codex AleraSeries

seriesJim Butcher6 books2004

Epic fantasy and fantasy, tense and adventurous in tone, about political intrigue and war, set in secondary world.

“Jim Butcher's six-book series, continuing through Academ's Fury, Cursor's Fury, Captain's Fury, Princeps' Fury, and First Lord's Fury, builds from small-scale political maneuvering into full-scale war.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Furies of Calderon →

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.”
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The RiftwarUniverse

universe44 books1982

Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

“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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CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

Epic fantasy and 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 →

SparhawkUniverse

universe6 books1989

Epic fantasy and fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests, set in secondary world.

“Sir Sparhawk is not a young man, and he has little patience for the pageantry his order pretends to.”
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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MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

Epic fantasy, dark in tone, about war, set in secondary world.

“Pity the historian who tries to map this world; pity more the god who thinks he rules it.”
from the catalogue description

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The Powder MageUniverse

universe19 books2013

Epic fantasy and fantasy, tense in tone, about political intrigue and war, set in secondary world.

“Load your powder, and pray your sorcery outruns their cannon.”
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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 Demon Child Trilogy?: World of Ice and Fire — the closest match to The Demon Child Trilogy on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Demon Child Trilogy?: Medalon. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Demon Child Trilogy.
How big is The Demon Child Trilogy?: The Demon Child Trilogy is 3 books, 2000–2001.

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