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Books like The Hidden Histories: 9 series to read next

The Hidden Histories is fantasy. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Hidden Histories is 2 books, from 2018.

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Zimiamvian Trilogy
World of Ice and Fire
Queen's Thief
Grishaverse
Elfhame
The Palace Chronicles
The Riftwar
Girls of Paper and Fire
Kushiel's Legacy Universe

Zimiamvian TrilogySeries

seriesE. R. Eddison4 books1922

Epic fantasy, about political intrigue.

“Dissolution of the realm seems certain as alliances are formed and begin to intrigue against each other.”
from the catalogue description of Mistress of Mistresses
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World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Epic fantasy, dark in tone, about political intrigue and war.

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

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Queen's ThiefSeries

seriesMegan Whalen Turner41 books1996

About political intrigue.

“Megan Whalen Turner's series expands from that single heist into court intrigue and small-scale warfare among a set of Mediterranean-flavored kingdoms, with later books often shifting whose perspective the reader trusts.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Thief →

GrishaverseUniverse

universe19 books2012

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

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

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ElfhameSeries

seriesHolly Black7 books2018

About fae, set in fairyland.

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The Palace ChroniclesSeries

seriesMargaret Peterson Haddix3 books1999

Fairy tale retelling.

“The companion novel Palace of Mirrors shifts to a new heroine, Cecilia, a peasant girl secretly raised as the true princess who must reclaim her throne from an impostor, and Palace of Lies continues the loosely linked series.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Just Ella →

The RiftwarUniverse

universe44 books1982

Epic fantasy.

“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

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Girls of Paper and FireSeries

seriesNatasha Ngan3 books2018

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

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Kushiel's Legacy UniverseSeries

seriesJacqueline Carey13 books2001

Emotional in tone, about political intrigue.

“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

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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.

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What should I read after The Hidden Histories?: Zimiamvian Trilogy — the closest match to The Hidden Histories on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Hidden Histories?: The Empress of Timbra. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Hidden Histories.
How big is The Hidden Histories?: The Hidden Histories is 2 books, from 2018.

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