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Books like The Empyrean: 9 series to read next

The Empyrean is romantasy and fantasy, about dragons, set in secondary world, emotional in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Empyrean is 4 books, 2023–2026.

“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

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Tolkien's legendarium
A Court of Thorns and Roses
The Bridge Kingdom
Earthsea
Celestial Kingdom
Grishaverse
Saga of the Unfated
Dragonlance
Kyralia series

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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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 →

The Bridge KingdomSeries

seriesDanielle L. Jensen7 books2018

Fantasy, emotional and tense in tone, about war, set in secondary world.

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

Start with The Bridge Kingdom →

EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

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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Celestial KingdomSeries

seriesSue Lynn Tan4 books2022

Mythic fantasy, about gods.

“Sue Lynn Tan's Celestial Kingdom duology reimagines the Chinese legend of the moon goddess Chang'e, following her daughter Xingyin as she seeks to free her mother from an enchantment binding her to the moon.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Daughter of the Moon Goddess →

GrishaverseUniverse

universe19 books2012

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Saints are canonized here the way soldiers are buried elsewhere — quietly, and too often.”
from the catalogue description

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Saga of the UnfatedSeries

seriesDanielle L. Jensen2 books2024

About prophecy and gods.

“Bound in an unwanted marriage, Freya spends her days gutting fish, but dreams of becoming a warrior.”
from the catalogue description of A Fate Inked in Blood

Start with A Fate Inked in Blood →

DragonlanceUniverse

universe436 books1984

Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

“The gods have kept their silence over Krynn for three hundred years, and the world has learned to make do without them: the dragons are a nursery tale, the old clerics gone, faith worn down to superstition.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Dragons of Autumn Twilight →

Kyralia seriesUniverse

universe8 books2001

About wizards and political intrigue.

“Once a year the magicians of Kyralia sweep the beggars out of the capital, and once a year the beggars throw stones.”
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.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after The Empyrean?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to The Empyrean on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Empyrean?: Fourth Wing. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Empyrean.
How big is The Empyrean?: The Empyrean is 4 books, 2023–2026.

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