Series
Books like The First Law Trilogy: 9 series to read next
The First Law Trilogy is grimdark and dark fantasy, about political intrigue, set in secondary world, dark in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.
The First Law Trilogy is 3 books, 2006–2008.
“Joe Abercrombie's First Law trilogy follows a crippled torturer, a vain swordsman and a self-styled barbarian as a coming war drags them into the schemes of a manipulative wizard.”
from the catalogue description
- A Song of Ice and Fire
- The Black Company
- The Broken Empire
- The Witcher
- Gentleman Bastard Sequence
- Malazan
- World of Ice and Fire
- The Second Apocalypse
- The Poppy War
- A Song of Ice and FireSeries
seriesGeorge R. R. Martin14 books1996
Loreful pick
The same cynicism at continental scale, with more houses and more funerals.
matchedsecondary worlddarkpolitical intrigueepic fantasymultiple povfantasywar
- The Black CompanyUniverse
universe23 books1982
Loreful pick
The soldier's-eye view that made this kind of fantasy possible.
matchedsecondary worlddarkepic fantasywardark fantasytense
- The Broken EmpireUniverse
universe27 books2011
Loreful pick
Grimdark with the volume up: a charming narrator you should not be rooting for.
matchedsecondary worlddarkgrimdark
- The WitcherUniverse
universe22 books1986
Loreful pick
Monster-hunting as a trade, in a world where the humans are the problem.
matchedsecondary worldfantasy
seriesScott Lynch7 books2006
Loreful pick
Same appetite for dialogue and double-crosses, with a lighter touch and better thieves.
matchedsecondary worldfantasybig city
- MalazanUniverse
universe36 books1999
Epic fantasy, dark in tone, about war, set in secondary world.
matchedsecondary worlddarkepic fantasywarmultiple pov
- World of Ice and FireUniverse
universe19 books1980
Epic fantasy and fantasy, dark in tone, about political intrigue and war, set in secondary world.
matchedsecondary worlddarkpolitical intrigueepic fantasyfantasywar
- The Second ApocalypseSeries
seriesR. Scott Bakker11 books2003
Challenging in tone, about faith and religion.
matcheddarksecondary worldwarepic fantasymultiple povgrimdarkpolitical intriguefantasy
- The Poppy WarSeries
seriesR. F. Kuang4 books2018
Grimdark and epic fantasy, dark and tense in tone, about war, set in secondary world.
matcheddarksecondary worldgrimdarkwarepic fantasyfantasytense
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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 First Law Trilogy?
- A Song of Ice and Fire. The same cynicism at continental scale, with more houses and more funerals.
- Where do I start with The First Law Trilogy?
- The Blade Itself. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The First Law Trilogy.
- How big is The First Law Trilogy?
- The First Law Trilogy is 3 books, 2006–2008.