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Books like The Five Warrior Angels: 9 series to read next

The Five Warrior Angels 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 Warrior Angels is 3 books, 2016–2022.

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Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever
World of Ice and Fire
The Second Apocalypse
The Circle of the World
Tolkien's legendarium
Malazan
Corona
Sword of Truth
Moorcock's Multiverse

Thomas Covenant the UnbelieverSeries

seriesStephen R. Donaldson11 books1977

About quests.

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World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

About political intrigue.

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

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The Second ApocalypseSeries

seriesR. Scott Bakker11 books2003

Challenging in tone, about faith and religion and political intrigue.

Start with The Knife of Many Hands →

The Circle of the WorldUniverse

universe29 books2006

Grimdark and fantasy, set in secondary world.

“What sets it apart is the honesty of its cynicism — close, sardonic points of view, gallows humour, and a flat refusal to let anyone stay clean.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Blade Itself →

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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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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CoronaUniverse

universe19 books1997

Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Beneath the sacred gemstones of the Abellican Church — a ruby to loose fire, malachite to lift a body into the air, the soul-stone to slip free of it — a ranger raised by elves and the woman he loves stand against a waking demon.”
from the catalogue description

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Sword of TruthUniverse

universe27 books1994

Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

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

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Moorcock's MultiverseUniverse

universe102 books1961

Set in secondary world.

“The Multiverse is not one world but an endless lattice of them, worlds folded within worlds, each a variation on the last — and through every one of them walks a single conscripted soul.”
from the catalogue description

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What should I read after The Five Warrior Angels?: Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever — the closest match to The Five Warrior Angels on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Five Warrior Angels?: The Forgetting Moon. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Five Warrior Angels.
How big is The Five Warrior Angels?: The Five Warrior Angels is 3 books, 2016–2022.

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