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Books like The Demon Queen Trials: 9 series to read next

The Demon Queen Trials is set in secondary world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Demon Queen Trials is 3 books, 2021–2022.

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Kingdom of the Wicked (Kerri Maniscalco)
Deliciously Dark Fairytales
Wicked Games (Kaylie Smith)
The Plated Prisoner
An Ember in the Ashes
Blood and Ash Universe
Serpent & Dove
The Powerless Trilogy
The Bridge Kingdom

Kingdom of the Wicked (Kerri Maniscalco)Series

seriesKerri Maniscalco6 books2020

Romantasy and fantasy, about demons.

“Kerri Maniscalco's trilogy follows Emilia, a Sicilian witch whose twin sister is murdered by a serial killer targeting witches, forcing her into an uneasy bargain with Wrath, one of the seven princes of Hell, to hunt the culprit.”
from the catalogue description

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Deliciously Dark FairytalesSeries

seriesK. F. Breene6 books2021

Romantasy, dark in tone, set in secondary world.

“Stuck here by a deal between the late king and a demon who seeks our destruction.”
from the catalogue description of A Ruin of Roses

Start with A Ruin of Roses →

Wicked Games (Kaylie Smith)Series

seriesKaylie Smith2 books2024

About survival and deal with the devil.

“When Ophelia’s sister disappears, there is only one way to save her.”
from the catalogue description of Phantasma

Start with Phantasma →

The Plated PrisonerSeries

seriesRaven Kennedy6 books2020

“Gold floors, gold walls, gold furniture, gold clothes.”
from the catalogue description of Gild

Start with Gild →

An Ember in the AshesSeries

seriesSabaa Tahir4 books2015

Epic fantasy.

“Sabaa Tahir's quartet, continuing through A Torch Against the Night, A Reaper at the Gates, and A Sky Beyond the Storm, follows the two toward a reckoning with the empire that trained one of them to enforce it.”
from the catalogue description

Start with An Ember in the Ashes →

Blood and Ash UniverseSeries

seriesJennifer L. Armentrout10 books2020

Romantasy, set in secondary world.

Reading order →

Serpent & DoveSeries

seriesShelby Mahurin5 books2019

“Shelby Mahurin's Serpent & Dove trilogy is set in the city of Cesarine, where witches live in hiding from a Church that hunts and burns them.”
from the catalogue description

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The Powerless TrilogySeries

seriesLauren Roberts5 books2023

“Lauren Roberts' trilogy, beginning with Powerless, was later expanded with a further Fearless duology set in the same world.”
from the catalogue description

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The Bridge KingdomSeries

seriesDanielle L. Jensen7 books2018

Emotional in tone, about war.

“The first is that King Aren of the Bridge Kingdom is her enemy.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Bridge Kingdom →

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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 Queen Trials?: Kingdom of the Wicked (Kerri Maniscalco) — the closest match to The Demon Queen Trials on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Demon Queen Trials?: City of Thorns. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Demon Queen Trials.
How big is The Demon Queen Trials?: The Demon Queen Trials is 3 books, 2021–2022.

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