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Books like The Thickety: 9 series to read next

The Thickety is dark fantasy and fantasy, about witches, 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 Thickety is 4 books, 2014–2017.

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Stephen King multiverse
Tolkien's legendarium
The Circle of the World
Malazan
Narnia
Stonewater Kingdom
The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieu
Gormenghast
Witches Steeped in Gold

Stephen King multiverseUniverse

universe46 books1967

Dark in tone.

“The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Gunslinger →

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

Reading order →

The Circle of the WorldUniverse

universe29 books2006

Grimdark.

“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 →

MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

Epic fantasy, about war.

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

Reading order →

NarniaUniverse

universe38 books1950

Portal fantasy.

“Once there is a wardrobe at the back of a spare room, and behind the fur coats the wood gives way to snow, and a lamp-post burns alone among the trees.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

Stonewater KingdomSeries

seriesRachel Gillig2 books2025

Romance, about forbidden love.

Start with The Knight and the Moth →

The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieuSeries

seriesGarth Nix11 books1995

Start with An Essay on Free Magic: (A manuscript fragment from the Great Library of the Clayr) →

GormenghastSeries

seriesMervyn Peake & Maeve Gilmore6 books1946

Gothic.

“Peake was writing a fourth novel, Titus Awakes, at the time of his death in 1968.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Titus Groan →

Witches Steeped in GoldSeries

seriesCiannon Smart2 books2021

About enemies to lovers and political intrigue.

Start with Witches Steeped in Gold →

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.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after The Thickety?: Stephen King multiverse — the closest match to The Thickety on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Thickety?: A Path Begins. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Thickety.
How big is The Thickety?: The Thickety is 4 books, 2014–2017.

Books like The Thickety: 9 series to read next

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