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Books like The Twisted Crown: 9 series to read next

The Twisted Crown is fantasy, set in secondary world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Twisted Crown is 3 books, from 2020.

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A Court of Thorns and Roses
World of Ice and Fire
Grishaverse
The Plated Prisoner
Kushiel's Legacy Universe
Cosmere
Malazan
An Ember in the Ashes
Gormenghast

A Court of Thorns and RosesSeries

seriesSarah J. Maas6 books2015

Romantasy.

“There are currently five novels in the series, with the sixth scheduled to release on October 27, 2026, and the seventh on January 12, 2027.”
from the catalogue description
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World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Epic fantasy, about war.

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

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GrishaverseUniverse

universe19 books2012

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

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The Plated PrisonerSeries

seriesRaven Kennedy6 books2020

“Gold floors, gold walls, gold furniture, gold clothes.”
from the catalogue description of Gild

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Kushiel's Legacy UniverseSeries

seriesJacqueline Carey13 books2001

Fantasy, emotional in tone, about political intrigue, set in secondary world.

“Since the series features a fictional version of medieval Western Europe, it can be considered historical fantasy or alternate history.”
from the catalogue description of Earth Begotten

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CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

Epic fantasy.

“Before the worlds, there was Adonalsium, and then there was not.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Final Empire →

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

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An Ember in the AshesSeries

seriesSabaa Tahir4 books2015

Epic fantasy, tense in tone.

“Sabaa Tahir's quartet, continuing through A Torch Against the Night, A Reaper at the Gates, and A Sky Beyond the Storm, follows the two toward a reckoning with the empire that trained one of them to enforce it.”
from the catalogue description

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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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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 Twisted Crown?: A Court of Thorns and Roses — the closest match to The Twisted Crown on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Twisted Crown?: The Shadow Fae. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Twisted Crown.
How big is The Twisted Crown?: The Twisted Crown is 3 books, from 2020.

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