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Books like The War Between the Provinces: 9 series to read next

The War Between the Provinces is fantasy and alternate history, about war, set in secondary world, tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The War Between the Provinces is 3 books, 2000–2002.

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World of Ice and Fire
The Acacia Trilogy
The Darkness
The Powder Mage
The Poppy War
The Riftwar
The City (Gemmell)
Grishaverse
Red Queen

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Epic fantasy.

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

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The Acacia TrilogySeries

seriesDavid Anthony Durham3 books2007

Epic fantasy.

“David Anthony Durham's trilogy, continuing through The Other Lands and The Sacred Band, follows the siblings as each confronts a different piece of the empire's hidden machinery.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Acacia: The War with the Mein →

The DarknessSeries

seriesHarry Turtledove6 books1999

Epic fantasy.

Start with Into the Darkness →

The Powder MageUniverse

universe19 books2013

Epic fantasy.

“Load your powder, and pray your sorcery outruns their cannon.”
from the catalogue description

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The Poppy WarSeries

seriesR. F. Kuang4 books2018

Grimdark and epic fantasy.

“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 →

The RiftwarUniverse

universe44 books1982

Epic fantasy.

“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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The City (Gemmell)Series

seriesStella Gemmell2 books2013

Epic fantasy and grimdark, set in big city.

“Built up over the millennia, layer upon layer, the City is ancient and vast.”
from the catalogue description of The City

Start with The City →

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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Red QueenSeries

seriesVictoria Aveyard14 books2015

Dystopia, about class conflict.

“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 →

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 War Between the Provinces?: World of Ice and Fire — the closest match to The War Between the Provinces on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The War Between the Provinces?: Sentry Peak. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The War Between the Provinces.
How big is The War Between the Provinces?: The War Between the Provinces is 3 books, 2000–2002.

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