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Books like The Emperor's Dark Mage: 9 series to read next

The Emperor's Dark Mage is set in secondary world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Emperor's Dark Mage is 3 books, 2025–2026.

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Cosmere
World of Ice and Fire
Darwath
The Riftwar
Dragon Age (Bioware RPG tie-in)
Sword of Truth
The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieu
Time Master
Malazan

CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

Fantasy.

“Before the worlds, there was Adonalsium, and then there was not.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Final Empire →

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Fantasy, about war.

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

Reading order →

DarwathSeries

seriesBarbara Hambly7 books1982

Fantasy.

“Darwath begins with two modern-day Californians pulled through a portal into a dying medieval world under siege from the Dark, shape-shifting monsters that hunt by night and are driving civilization underground.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Time of the Dark →

The RiftwarUniverse

universe44 books1982

Fantasy.

“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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Dragon Age (Bioware RPG tie-in)Series

seriesPatrick Weekes, David Gaider, Brianne Battye, Courtney Woods, John Epler, Lukas Kristjanson, Sylvia Feketekuty, Arone Le Bray, Caitlin Sullivan Kelly, Chris Bain, Christopher Morgan, Liane Merciel, Matthew Goldman & Ryan Cormier21 books2009

Fantasy.

“The Stolen Throne and The Calling serve as prequels filling in the backstory of characters central to the first game, while later books such as Asunder and The Masked Empire tie more directly into the plots and politics of the sequels.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Stolen Throne →

Sword of TruthUniverse

universe27 books1994

Fantasy.

“Truth is a blade, and it cuts the hand that grips it carelessly.”
from the catalogue description

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The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieuSeries

seriesGarth Nix11 books1995

Fantasy.

Start with An Essay on Free Magic: (A manuscript fragment from the Great Library of the Clayr) →

Time MasterUniverse

universe13 books1977

Set in secondary world.

“Between Order and Chaos there is no war of good against evil — only a balance, and a world that lives or dies by how finely it is kept.”
from the catalogue description

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MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

About war.

“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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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.

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What should I read after The Emperor's Dark Mage?: Cosmere — the closest match to The Emperor's Dark Mage on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Emperor's Dark Mage?: The Emperor's Dark Mage: Book 1. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Emperor's Dark Mage.
How big is The Emperor's Dark Mage?: The Emperor's Dark Mage is 3 books, 2025–2026.

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