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Books like The Vorrh: 9 series to read next

The Vorrh is fantasy and dark fantasy, set in 19th century and africa, dark in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Vorrh is 3 books, 2012–2018.

“Alan Moore's foreword helped drive attention to the book on its international 2015 re-release.”
from the catalogue description

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Malazan
Gormenghast
The Land of Hope and Glory
The Stress of Her Regard Universe
New Crobuzon
Von Bek
The Vampire Chronicles
Book of the Art
Tales of the Flat Earth

MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

Epic fantasy, 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, set in secondary world.

“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 →

The Land of Hope and GlorySeries

seriesGeoffrey Wilson3 books2011

Alternate history, about rebellion and revolution and war, set in alternate earth.

“At first Jack Casey, retired soldier, wants nothing to do with the uprising, but then he learns his daughter, Elizabeth, is due to be hanged for helping the rebels.”
from the catalogue description of Land of Hope and Glory

Start with Land of Hope and Glory →

The Stress of Her Regard UniverseSeries

seriesTim Powers3 books1989

About vampires.

“Tim Powers's The Stress of Her Regard reimagines the lives of Byron, Shelley, and Keats through a secret history in which they are stalked and inspired by a nephilim, a shape-shifting vampiric being that acts as a deadly muse.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Stress of Her Regard →

New CrobuzonSeries

seriesChina Miéville4 books2000

Weird fiction, set in secondary world.

“The New Crobuzon books are three standalone novels by China Miéville set in and around New Crobuzon, a vast, corrupt industrial city in his invented world of Bas-Lag where magic, biopunk technology, and several sentient species coexist.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Perdido Street Station →

Von BekSeries

seriesMichael Moorcock4 books1965

Dark in tone.

“Michael Moorcock's Von Bek novels follow the Von Bek family across different historical periods, part of his wider Eternal Champion multiverse.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The War Hound and the World's Pain →

The Vampire ChroniclesSeries

seriesAnne Rice15 books1976

Horror and gothic, about vampires, set in our world.

“Based on a short story Rice wrote around 1968, the novel centers on vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac, who tells the story of his life to a reporter.”
from the catalogue description of Interview with the Vampire
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Interview with the Vampire →

Book of the ArtSeries

seriesClive Barker3 books1989

Horror, set in contemporary.

“The Art was meant to be a trilogy about a hidden order guarding the boundary between our world and Quiddity, a dream-sea shared by all sleeping minds, but Clive Barker only completed two of its three volumes.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Great and Secret Show →

Tales of the Flat EarthSeries

seriesTanith Lee14 books1978

About demons, set in secondary world.

“The novels take inspiration from One Thousand and One Nights and are similarly structured as interconnected stories.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Night's Master →

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 Vorrh?: Malazan — the closest match to The Vorrh on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Vorrh?: The Vorrh. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Vorrh.
How big is The Vorrh?: The Vorrh is 3 books, 2012–2018.
Is The Vorrh finished?: Yes — 3 books, 2012–2018.

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