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Books like The Nightfall Saga: 9 series to read next

The Nightfall Saga 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 Nightfall Saga is 3 books, 2021–2026.

“The Nightfall Saga is Peter V. Brett's continuation of his Demon Cycle series, beginning with The Desert Prince and The Hidden Queen, with The Demon King forthcoming.”
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World of Ice and Fire
Sword of Truth
Cosmere
The Riftwar
Shannara
Malazan
Grishaverse
Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever
Lightbringer

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

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

“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

Epic fantasy and 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 →

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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ShannaraUniverse

universe50 books1977

Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Long after the world we know has burned itself to slag in the Great Wars, the Four Lands rise green over the bones of the old age.”
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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.”
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GrishaverseUniverse

universe19 books2012

“Saints are canonized here the way soldiers are buried elsewhere — quietly, and too often.”
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Thomas Covenant the UnbelieverSeries

seriesStephen R. Donaldson11 books1977

About quests.

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LightbringerSeries

seriesBrent Weeks5 books2010

Epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

Start with The Black Prism →

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 Nightfall Saga?: World of Ice and Fire — the closest match to The Nightfall Saga on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Nightfall Saga?: The Desert Prince. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Nightfall Saga.
How big is The Nightfall Saga?: The Nightfall Saga is 3 books, 2021–2026.

Books like The Nightfall Saga: 9 series to read next

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