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Books like The Halfling Saga: 9 series to read next

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

The Halfling Saga is 4 books, 2022–2025.

“As the King's Blade, she is the most talented spy in the kingdom.”
from the catalogue description of A Broken Blade

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World of Ice and Fire
Throne of Glass
Malazan
An Ember in the Ashes
The Bridge Kingdom
Cosmere
Blood and Ash Universe
A Court of Thorns and Roses
Legacy of Orisha

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Fantasy and epic 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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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 →

MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

“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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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 →

The Bridge KingdomSeries

seriesDanielle L. Jensen7 books2018

Fantasy, tense and emotional in tone, about war, set in secondary world.

“The first is that King Aren of the Bridge Kingdom is her enemy.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Bridge Kingdom →

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 →

Blood and Ash UniverseSeries

seriesJennifer L. Armentrout10 books2020

Romantasy, set in secondary world.

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A Court of Thorns and RosesSeries

seriesSarah J. Maas6 books2015

Romantasy and fantasy, emotional in tone, about fae, set in secondary world.

“There are currently five novels in the series, with the sixth scheduled to release on October 27, 2026, and the seventh on January 12, 2027.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with A Court of Thorns and Roses →

Legacy of OrishaSeries

seriesTomi Adeyemi3 books2018

“Tomi Adeyemi's Legacy of Orïsha trilogy opens with Children of Blood and Bone, following Zélie, a girl from a persecuted caste of former magic-users, on a quest to restore magic to a kingdom that outlawed and hunted her people.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Children of Blood and Bone →

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 Halfling Saga?: World of Ice and Fire — the closest match to The Halfling Saga on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Halfling Saga?: A Broken Blade. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Halfling Saga.
How big is The Halfling Saga?: The Halfling Saga is 4 books, 2022–2025.

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