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Books like The Ending Fire Trilogy: 9 series to read next

The Ending Fire Trilogy is epic fantasy, set in secondary world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Ending Fire Trilogy is 3 books, 2022–2024.

“The Battle Drum and The Ending Fire complete the three-book arc that follows from this debut installment.”
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World of Ice and Fire
Malazan
Cosmere
The Poppy War
The Acacia Trilogy
The Dagger and the Coin
The Riftwar
Throne of Glass
An Ember in the Ashes

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

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

“Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”
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MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

Epic fantasy, dark in tone, about war, set in secondary world.

“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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CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

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

Start with The Final Empire →

The Poppy WarSeries

seriesR. F. Kuang4 books2018

Grimdark.

“The Poppy War follows Rin, a war orphan who tests into an elite military academy and discovers a talent for shamanic power tied to a pantheon of vengeful gods.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Poppy War →

The Acacia TrilogySeries

seriesDavid Anthony Durham3 books2007

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

“David Anthony Durham's trilogy, continuing through The Other Lands and The Sacred Band, follows the siblings as each confronts a different piece of the empire's hidden machinery.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Acacia: The War with the Mein →

The Dagger and the CoinSeries

seriesDaniel Abraham6 books2011

Epic fantasy and fantasy, tense in tone, about class conflict and political intrigue, set in secondary world.

Start with The Dragon's Path →

The RiftwarUniverse

universe44 books1982

Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

“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.”
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Throne of GlassSeries

seriesSarah J. Maas & Lynette Noni15 books2012

“As the story progresses, Celaena forms unexpected bonds and uncovers a conspiracy amidst her adventures.”
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Start with Throne of Glass →

An Ember in the AshesSeries

seriesSabaa Tahir4 books2015

“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 →

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 Ending Fire Trilogy?: World of Ice and Fire — the closest match to The Ending Fire Trilogy on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Ending Fire Trilogy?: The Final Strife. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Ending Fire Trilogy.
How big is The Ending Fire Trilogy?: The Ending Fire Trilogy is 3 books, 2022–2024.

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