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Books like The Khorasan Archives: 9 series to read next

The Khorasan Archives 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 Khorasan Archives is 4 books, 2017–2020.

“Led by a man known only as the One-Eyed Preacher, it is a cruel and terrifying movement bent on world domination--a superstitious patriarchy that suppresses knowledge and subjugates women.”
from the catalogue description of The Bloodprint

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World of Ice and Fire
Tolkien's legendarium
Malazan
Sword of Truth
Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever
The Song of Shattered Sands
Forgotten Realms
The Riftwar
Rigante

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Epic fantasy and 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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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

“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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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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Thomas Covenant the UnbelieverSeries

seriesStephen R. Donaldson11 books1977

Epic fantasy and fantasy, dark in tone, about quests, set in secondary world.

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The Song of Shattered SandsSeries

seriesBradley P. Beaulieu14 books2015

Epic fantasy, about political intrigue, set in secondary world and desert.

“Starting in 2015 with Twelve Kings in Sharakhai, the series was concluded in 2021 with A Desert Torn Asunder.”
from the catalogue description
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Forgotten RealmsUniverse

universe526 books1987

Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Come in from the cold and mind the door — the wind off the Sword Coast has teeth.”
from the catalogue description

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The RiftwarUniverse

universe44 books1982

Epic fantasy and 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

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RiganteSeries

seriesDavid Gemmell4 books1998

Epic fantasy and fantasy, dark in tone, about war, set in secondary world.

“Fierce and proud, the Rigante dwell deep in the green mountain lands, worshiping the gods of air and water, and the spirits of the earth.”
from the catalogue description of Sword in the Storm

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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 Khorasan Archives?: World of Ice and Fire — the closest match to The Khorasan Archives on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Khorasan Archives?: The Bloodprint. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Khorasan Archives.
How big is The Khorasan Archives?: The Khorasan Archives is 4 books, 2017–2020.

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