Series

Books like The Giftborn Chronicles: 9 series to read next

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

The Giftborn Chronicles is 5 books, 2021–2026.

The The Giftborn Chronicles page →Narrow this list →

World of Ice and Fire
Cosmere
Sword of Truth
The Circle of the World
Grishaverse
Tolkien's legendarium
The Riftwar
Kushiel's Legacy Universe
Memory, Sorrow & Thorn

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

About war.

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

Reading order →

CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

Fantasy and epic 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 →

Sword of TruthUniverse

universe27 books1994

Fantasy and epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

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

Reading order →

The Circle of the WorldUniverse

universe29 books2006

Grimdark.

“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 →

GrishaverseUniverse

universe19 books2012

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

Reading order →

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

Reading order →

The RiftwarUniverse

universe44 books1982

Fantasy and epic 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.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

Kushiel's Legacy UniverseSeries

seriesJacqueline Carey13 books2001

Emotional in tone.

“Since the series features a fictional version of medieval Western Europe, it can be considered historical fantasy or alternate history.”
from the catalogue description of Earth Begotten

Start with Earth Begotten →

Memory, Sorrow & ThornUniverse

universe14 books1988

Epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Winter comes to Osten Ard out of its season, and behind the cold rides something older than the kingdoms of men.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

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 Giftborn Chronicles?: World of Ice and Fire — the closest match to The Giftborn Chronicles on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Giftborn Chronicles?: The Royal Nothings. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Giftborn Chronicles.
How big is The Giftborn Chronicles?: The Giftborn Chronicles is 5 books, 2021–2026.

Books like The Giftborn Chronicles: 9 series to read next

Read next in The Giftborn Chronicles

Why these

Questions readers ask

Other series like this one