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Books like The Inheritors' Cycle: 9 series to read next

The Inheritors' Cycle is fantasy, about witches and court intrigue, tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Inheritors' Cycle is 2 books, 2008–2009.

“Now Belinda's powers are unlike anything Lorraine could have imagined.”
from the catalogue description of The Queen's Bastard

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Deryni
World of Ice and Fire
The Riftwar
Heirs to Byzantium
Tower and Knife
Witches Steeped in Gold
An Ember in the Ashes
Dragon Trilogies
Grishaverse

DeryniUniverse

universe44 books1970

Set in medieval.

“In the kingdom of Gwynedd, power is at once a sacrament and a heresy.”
from the catalogue description

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World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Epic fantasy, about war.

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

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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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Heirs to ByzantiumSeries

seriesSusan Shwartz3 books1987

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

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Tower and KnifeSeries

seriesMazarkis Williams4 books2011

Epic fantasy.

“Treachery and betrayal characterize the struggle for power that ensues after the emperor of the Cerani Empire is afflicted with the plague that is sweeping the land.”
from the catalogue description of The Emperor's Knife

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Witches Steeped in GoldSeries

seriesCiannon Smart2 books2021

Dark fantasy, about enemies to lovers.

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An Ember in the AshesSeries

seriesSabaa Tahir4 books2015

Epic fantasy.

“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

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Dragon TrilogiesSeries

seriesMelanie Rawn6 books1988

Epic fantasy, about dragons.

“The Dragon Prince trilogy focuses on Prince Rohan of the Desert and his Sunrunner wife, Sioned, while the Dragon Star trilogy focuses on their son, Pol.”
from the catalogue description
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GrishaverseUniverse

universe19 books2012

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

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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 Inheritors' Cycle?: Deryni — the closest match to The Inheritors' Cycle on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Inheritors' Cycle?: The Queen's Bastard. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Inheritors' Cycle.
How big is The Inheritors' Cycle?: The Inheritors' Cycle is 2 books, 2008–2009.

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