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Books like The Library Trilogy: 9 series to read next

The Library Trilogy is fantasy and 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 Library Trilogy is 4 books, 2023–2025.

“The Library Trilogy is Mark Lawrence's 2023-2025 fantasy sequence: The Book That Wouldn't Burn, The Book That Broke the World and The Book That Held Her Heart.”
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World of Ice and Fire
Sword of Truth
Cosmere
Grishaverse
Kyralia series
The Licanius Trilogy
The Riftwar
Divine Cities
Malazan

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

About war.

“Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”
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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.”
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CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

Fantasy and epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Before the worlds, there was Adonalsium, and then there was not.”
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Start with The Final Empire →

GrishaverseUniverse

universe19 books2012

“Saints are canonized here the way soldiers are buried elsewhere — quietly, and too often.”
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Kyralia seriesUniverse

universe8 books2001

About wizards.

“Once a year the magicians of Kyralia sweep the beggars out of the capital, and once a year the beggars throw stones.”
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The Licanius TrilogySeries

seriesJames Islington3 books2014

About chosen one and prophecy.

“The three books trace how the old war's cover-up starts to unravel.”
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Start with The Shadow of What Was Lost →

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.”
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Divine CitiesSeries

seriesRobert Jackson Bennett3 books2014

About gods, set in big city.

Start with City of Stairs →

MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

About war.

“Pity the historian who tries to map this world; pity more the god who thinks he rules it.”
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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.

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What should I read after The Library Trilogy?: World of Ice and Fire — the closest match to The Library Trilogy on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Library Trilogy?: The Book That Wouldn't Burn. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Library Trilogy.
How big is The Library Trilogy?: The Library Trilogy is 4 books, 2023–2025.

Books like The Library Trilogy: 9 series to read next

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