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Books like The Tarnished Crown: 9 series to read next

The Tarnished Crown is epic fantasy, about political intrigue, set in secondary world, dark in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Tarnished Crown is 2 books, from 2014.

“Karen Miller's The Falcon Throne opens a fantasy duology built around the fallout of a kingdom's succession crisis, tracking several rival claimants and their households through the political maneuvering it triggers.”
from the catalogue description

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World of Ice and Fire
Malazan
The Circle of the World
Shattered Sea
The Acacia Trilogy
Tolkien's legendarium
The Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone
Grishaverse
Swans' War

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Fantasy.

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

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MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

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

“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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The Circle of the WorldUniverse

universe29 books2006

Grimdark and fantasy.

“What sets it apart is the honesty of its cynicism — close, sardonic points of view, gallows humour, and a flat refusal to let anyone stay clean.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Blade Itself →

Shattered SeaSeries

seriesJoe Abercrombie4 books2014

Fantasy, about coming of age.

“Yarvi, el hijo menor del rey, nació con una malformación en una mano que ha llevado a todo el mundo, incluso a su propio padre, a considerarlo «medio hombre».”
from the catalogue description of Half a King
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Start with Half a King →

The Acacia TrilogySeries

seriesDavid Anthony Durham3 books2007

Fantasy.

“David Anthony Durham's trilogy, continuing through The Other Lands and The Sacred Band, follows the siblings as each confronts a different piece of the empire's hidden machinery.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Acacia: The War with the Mein →

Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

universe163 books1923

Fantasy.

“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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The Kingdoms of Thorn and BoneSeries

seriesGreg Keyes4 books2003

Fantasy.

“In doing so, she freed the race of humans - once taken from their distant homes and forced to wear the bitter yoke of slavery.”
from the catalogue description of The Briar King
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Start with The Briar King →

GrishaverseUniverse

universe19 books2012

Fantasy.

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

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Swans' WarSeries

seriesSean Russell3 books2001

Fantasy.

“The cataclysm began more than a century earlier, when the King of Ayr died before naming an heir to the throne, and damned his realm to chaos.”
from the catalogue description of The One Kingdom

Start with The One Kingdom →

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 Tarnished Crown?: World of Ice and Fire — the closest match to The Tarnished Crown on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Tarnished Crown?: The Falcon Throne. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Tarnished Crown.
How big is The Tarnished Crown?: The Tarnished Crown is 2 books, from 2014.

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