Series

Books like The Young Elites: 9 series to read next

The Young Elites is fantasy, about revenge and political intrigue, 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 Young Elites is 3 books, 2014–2016.

“The second book is called The Rose Society and was released on October 13, 2015.”
from the catalogue description

The The Young Elites page →Narrow this list →

Grishaverse
World of Ice and Fire
Witches Steeped in Gold
The Prison Healer
The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieu
Malazan
The Scholomance
The Circle of the World
An Ember in the Ashes

GrishaverseUniverse

universe19 books2012

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Saints are canonized here the way soldiers are buried elsewhere — quietly, and too often.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Epic fantasy, about war.

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

Reading order →

Witches Steeped in GoldSeries

seriesCiannon Smart2 books2021

About witches and enemies to lovers.

Start with Witches Steeped in Gold →

The Prison HealerSeries

seriesLynette Noni3 books2021

Epic fantasy.

“Lynette Noni's YA trilogy follows Kiva Meridan, a teenage healer imprisoned in the brutal death camp of Zalindov, who is forced to stand trial by combat in another prisoner's place when a mysterious rebel movement upends the prison's order.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Prison Healer →

The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieuSeries

seriesGarth Nix11 books1995

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

Start with An Essay on Free Magic: (A manuscript fragment from the Great Library of the Clayr) →

MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

Epic fantasy, about war.

“Pity the historian who tries to map this world; pity more the god who thinks he rules it.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

The ScholomanceSeries

seriesNaomi Novik3 books2020

About magic schools and wizards.

Start with A Deadly Education →

The Circle of the WorldUniverse

universe29 books2006

Grimdark.

“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 →

An Ember in the AshesSeries

seriesSabaa Tahir4 books2015

Epic fantasy.

“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 →

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 Young Elites?: Grishaverse — the closest match to The Young Elites on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Young Elites?: The Young Elites. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Young Elites.
How big is The Young Elites?: The Young Elites is 3 books, 2014–2016.

Books like The Young Elites: 9 series to read next

Read next in The Young Elites

Why these

Questions readers ask

Other series like this one