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Books like The Dragon Kings: 9 series to read next

The Dragon Kings is fantasy. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Dragon Kings is 30 books, 2016–2022.

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Earthsea
Tolkien's legendarium
Seraphina Universe
World of Ice and Fire
Iskari
Kingdom of the Wicked (Kerri Maniscalco)
His Dark Materials
The Empyrean
A Court of Thorns and Roses

universe19 books1964

Epic fantasy, reflective in tone, about wizards.

“There is a lesson every wizard of Earthsea learns young: to know a thing's true name is to hold its whole being, and to speak it is to move the balance of the world.”
from the catalogue description

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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.”
from the catalogue description

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Seraphina UniverseSeries

seriesRachel Hartman6 books2012

About identity.

Start with Among Ghosts →

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Epic fantasy, dark in tone, about war.

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

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IskariSeries

seriesKristen Ciccarelli3 books2017

Fantasy, emotional in tone, set in secondary world.

“In the beginning, there was the Namsara: the child of sky and spirit, who carried love and laughter wherever he went.”
from the catalogue description of The Last Namsara

Start with The Last Namsara →

Kingdom of the Wicked (Kerri Maniscalco)Series

seriesKerri Maniscalco6 books2020

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

Start with Kingdom of the Wicked →

His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

About coming of age, set in parallel universe.

“In a world like ours and unlike it, every human soul walks outside the body in the shape of an animal — a daemon, who speaks, who cannot be lied to, and who settles into one fixed form only when childhood ends.”
from the catalogue description

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The EmpyreanSeries

seriesRebecca Yarros4 books2023

Epic fantasy, about magic schools.

“Rebecca Yarros's The Empyrean opens with Fourth Wing, following Violet Sorrengail as she's pushed into a brutal dragon-rider war college despite having trained for a different, less physically demanding path.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Fourth Wing →

A Court of Thorns and RosesSeries

seriesSarah J. Maas6 books2015

About fae.

“There are currently five novels in the series, with the sixth scheduled to release on October 27, 2026, and the seventh on January 12, 2027.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with A Court of Thorns and Roses →

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 Dragon Kings?: Earthsea — the closest match to The Dragon Kings on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Dragon Kings?: Obsidian. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Dragon Kings.
How big is The Dragon Kings?: The Dragon Kings is 30 books, 2016–2022.

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