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Books like The Vengeance Trilogy: 9 series to read next

The Vengeance Trilogy is epic fantasy, about political intrigue and revenge, 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 Vengeance Trilogy is 3 books, 2013–2016.

“At his command the last emperor was executed, but vengeance is coming...”
from the catalogue description of The Blood of Whisperers

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World of Ice and Fire
The Poppy War
Malazan
The Circle of the World
Shattered Sea
The Riftwar
Grishaverse
Fallen Gods / Godkiller
The Second Apocalypse

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Epic fantasy and 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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The Poppy WarSeries

seriesR. F. Kuang4 books2018

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

“The Poppy War follows Rin, a war orphan who tests into an elite military academy and discovers a talent for shamanic power tied to a pantheon of vengeful gods.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Poppy 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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The Circle of the WorldUniverse

universe29 books2006

Fantasy and grimdark, set in secondary world.

“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

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 RiftwarUniverse

universe44 books1982

Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

“On the world of Midkemia a tear opens in the air itself, a rift hung between stars, and through it march the armies of an empire from another world entirely.”
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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Fallen Gods / GodkillerSeries

seriesHannah Kaner3 books2023

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

“Hannah Kaner's Godkiller follows Kissen, who lost her family to zealots of a fire god and now kills gods for a living, until she meets Skedi, a small god of white lies bound against his will to a young noble and hunted by assassins.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Godkiller →

The Second ApocalypseSeries

seriesR. Scott Bakker11 books2003

Challenging in tone, about faith and religion.

Start with The Knife of Many Hands →

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 Vengeance Trilogy?: World of Ice and Fire — the closest match to The Vengeance Trilogy on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Vengeance Trilogy?: The Blood of Whisperers. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Vengeance Trilogy.
How big is The Vengeance Trilogy?: The Vengeance Trilogy is 3 books, 2013–2016.

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