Series
Books like The Stormlight Archive: 9 series to read next
The Stormlight Archive is epic fantasy and fantasy, about war, set in secondary world, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.
The Stormlight Archive is 15 books, 2010–2024.
“As of 2024, the series comprises five published novels and two novellas, set within Sanderson's broader Cosmere universe.”
from the catalogue description
- Malazan Book of the Fallen
- The Wheel of Time
- Mistborn
- The Realm of the Elderlings
- Memory, Sorrow & Thorn
- Tolkien's legendarium
- World of Ice and Fire
- Sparhawk
- The Riftwar
seriesSteven Erikson20 books1999
Loreful pick
Armies, gods and a world with a buried history — the maximalist epic taken to its limit.
matchedsecondary worldepic fantasyfantasywarmultiple povgods
- The Wheel of TimeUniverse
universe24 books1990
Loreful pick
The template for the ten-book plan, and the series this one's author completed.
matchedepic fantasysecondary worldadventurousmultiple povchosen one
- MistbornSeries
seriesBrandon Sanderson12 books2006
Loreful pick
The same world's other continent and the same author's tighter, faster demonstration of a magic system.
matchedsecondary worldepic fantasyfantasy
- The Realm of the ElderlingsUniverse
universe24 books1995
Loreful pick
If Kaladin's chapters were the reason you stayed: interiority and slow damage, sustained for sixteen books.
matchedsecondary worldepic fantasyfantasyemotional
- Memory, Sorrow & ThornUniverse
universe14 books1988
Loreful pick
Classic epic fantasy that earns its ending by making the reader wait for it.
matchedepic fantasysecondary world
- Tolkien's legendariumUniverse
universe163 books1923
Fantasy, set in secondary world.
matchedsecondary worldfantasy
- World of Ice and FireUniverse
universe19 books1980
Dark in tone.
matchedepic fantasysecondary worldfantasywarpolitical intrigue
- SparhawkUniverse
universe6 books1989
Epic fantasy and fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests, set in secondary world.
matchedepic fantasysecondary worldadventurousfantasyquests
- The RiftwarUniverse
universe44 books1982
Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.
matchedepic fantasysecondary worldfantasy
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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.
Questions readers ask
- What should I read after The Stormlight Archive?
- Malazan Book of the Fallen. Armies, gods and a world with a buried history — the maximalist epic taken to its limit.
- Where do I start with The Stormlight Archive?
- The Way of Kings. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Stormlight Archive.
- How big is The Stormlight Archive?
- The Stormlight Archive is 15 books, 2010–2024.