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Books like The Five Queendoms: 9 series to read next

The Five Queendoms 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 Five Queendoms is 3 books, 2022–2025.

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World of Ice and Fire
Malazan
The Poppy War
Cosmere
The Acacia Trilogy
Throne of Glass
Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever
The Song of Shattered Sands
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.”
from the catalogue description

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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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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 →

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 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 →

Throne of GlassSeries

seriesSarah J. Maas & Lynette Noni15 books2012

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

Thomas Covenant the UnbelieverSeries

seriesStephen R. Donaldson11 books1977

About quests.

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The Song of Shattered SandsSeries

seriesBradley P. Beaulieu14 books2015

Set in desert.

“Starting in 2015 with Twelve Kings in Sharakhai, the series was concluded in 2021 with A Desert Torn Asunder.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Of Sand and Malice Made →

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

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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 Five Queendoms?: World of Ice and Fire — the closest match to The Five Queendoms on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Five Queendoms?: Scorpica. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Five Queendoms.
How big is The Five Queendoms?: The Five Queendoms is 3 books, 2022–2025.

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