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Books like The Dragon Crown: 9 series to read next

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

The Dragon Crown is 6 books, 2023–2024.

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World of Ice and Fire
This Woven Kingdom
Deliciously Dark Fairytales
The Bridge Kingdom
Blood and Ash Universe
The Kings of Avalier
Never Ever After
Serpent & Dove
Lightlark

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

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

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

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This Woven KingdomSeries

seriesTahereh Mafi4 books2022

Epic fantasy, about political intrigue.

“Tahereh Mafi's This Woven Kingdom follows Alizeh, a servant girl who is secretly the long-lost heir to an ancient Jinn kingdom, and Kamran, the human crown prince drawn to her despite prophecies foretelling his own king's downfall.”
from the catalogue description

Start with This Woven Kingdom →

Deliciously Dark FairytalesSeries

seriesK. F. Breene6 books2021

Dark in tone.

“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 →

The Bridge KingdomSeries

seriesDanielle L. Jensen7 books2018

About war.

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

Start with The Bridge Kingdom →

Blood and Ash UniverseSeries

seriesJennifer L. Armentrout10 books2020

Romantasy, set in secondary world.

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The Kings of AvalierSeries

seriesLeia Stone4 books2022

Romantasy, set in secondary world.

“The king will be sending out the royal guard to bring women of childbearing age to his castle in Jade City.”
from the catalogue description of The Last Dragon King

Start with The Last Dragon King →

Never Ever AfterSeries

seriesSue Lynn Tan1 book2025

Fairy tale retelling, about political intrigue.

“Life in the Iron Mountains is harsh and unforgiving.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Never Ever After →

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

Start with Serpent & Dove →

LightlarkSeries

seriesAlex Aster6 books2022

“Alex Aster's Lightlark saga is set on an island where six realms, each bound by an old curse, converge only once a century for a deadly game that could break their curses for good.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Lightlark →

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.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after The Dragon Crown?: World of Ice and Fire — the closest match to The Dragon Crown on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Dragon Crown?: Court of Dragons and Crowns. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Dragon Crown.
How big is The Dragon Crown?: The Dragon Crown is 6 books, 2023–2024.

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