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Books like The Tyrant Philosophers: 9 series to read next

The Tyrant Philosophers 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 Tyrant Philosophers is 10 books, 2022–2026.

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Malazan
Gormenghast
World of Ice and Fire
Cosmere
An Ember in the Ashes
Red Queen
Tolkien's legendarium
Grishaverse
The Lotus War

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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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 →

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

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

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

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CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

Fantasy and epic 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 →

An Ember in the AshesSeries

seriesSabaa Tahir4 books2015

“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

Start with An Ember in the Ashes →

Red QueenSeries

seriesVictoria Aveyard14 books2015

Dystopia.

“Victoria Aveyard's debut novel opens a four-book main sequence - Red Queen, Glass Sword, King's Cage, War Storm - plus the interstitial novella Cruel Crown and the epilogue novella Broken Throne.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Queen Song →

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

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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 Lotus WarSeries

seriesJay Kristoff4 books2012

Fantasy, dark in tone, about rebellion and revolution, set in secondary world.

“Land and sky have been poisoned by industrialization, the Lotus Guild oppresses the populace and the nation's Shogun is lost to his thirst for power.”
from the catalogue description of Stormdancer

Start with Stormdancer →

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 Tyrant Philosophers?: Malazan — the closest match to The Tyrant Philosophers on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Tyrant Philosophers?: City of Last Chances. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Tyrant Philosophers.
How big is The Tyrant Philosophers?: The Tyrant Philosophers is 10 books, 2022–2026.

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