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Books like The Witcher: 9 series to read next
The Witcher is fantasy, about monster hunting, set in secondary world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.
The Witcher is 22 books across 1 series, 1986–2024.
“Evil is evil, a witcher will tell you — lesser, greater, middling, the degree matters little.”
from the catalogue description
- The First Law Trilogy
- The Black Company
- Eternal Champion
- Gentleman Bastard Sequence
- The Broken Empire
- World of Ice and Fire
- Grishaverse
- Tolkien's legendarium
- Forgotten Realms
- The First Law TrilogySeries
seriesJoe Abercrombie3 books2006
Loreful pick
Bleak, funny, character-first fantasy where the monsters are mostly administrative.
matchedsecondary worlddarkfantasyepic fantasymultiple povwarpolitical intriguedark fantasy
- The Black CompanyUniverse
universe23 books1982
Loreful pick
Professionals doing filthy work for pay in a world of indifferent powers.
matchedsecondary worlddarkepic fantasywartensedark fantasy
- Eternal ChampionSeries
seriesMichael Moorcock & Edward E. Kramer6 books1962
Loreful pick
Moorcock's doomed antiheroes and cursed swords — the tradition Geralt is written out of.
matchedadventuroussecondary worldfantasy
seriesScott Lynch7 books2006
Loreful pick
A sharp-tongued outsider working a corrupt city, with the banter carrying the book.
matchedsecondary worldfantasybig city
- The Broken EmpireUniverse
universe27 books2011
Loreful pick
Road-movie fantasy across a ruined continent, with a narrator far worse than Geralt.
matchedsecondary worlddarkgrimdark
- World of Ice and FireUniverse
universe19 books1980
Fantasy and epic fantasy, dark in tone, about war and political intrigue, set in secondary world.
matchedsecondary worlddarkfantasyepic fantasywarpolitical intrigue
- Tolkien's legendariumUniverse
universe163 books1923
Fantasy, set in secondary world.
matchedsecondary worldfantasy
- Forgotten RealmsUniverse
universe526 books1987
Fantasy and epic fantasy, set in secondary world.
matchedsecondary worldfantasyepic fantasy
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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.
Questions readers ask
- What should I read after The Witcher?
- The First Law Trilogy. Bleak, funny, character-first fantasy where the monsters are mostly administrative.
- How big is The Witcher?
- The Witcher is 22 books across 1 series, 1986–2024.