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Books like Three Dark Crowns: 9 series to read next

Three Dark Crowns is fantasy, about sibling rivalry, 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.

Three Dark Crowns is 7 books, 2016–2019.

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World of Ice and Fire
Grishaverse
An Ember in the Ashes
Malazan
Cosmere
Red Queen
Shattered Sea
The Circle of the World
Throne of Glass

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

About war.

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

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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

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An Ember in the AshesSeries

seriesSabaa Tahir4 books2015

About rebellion and revolution.

“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 →

MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

About war.

“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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CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

Fantasy and epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Before the worlds, there was Adonalsium, and then there was not.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Final Empire →

Red QueenSeries

seriesVictoria Aveyard14 books2015

Dystopia, about rebellion and revolution and 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 →

Shattered SeaSeries

seriesJoe Abercrombie4 books2014

Fantasy and epic fantasy, dark in tone, about coming of age, set in secondary world.

“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
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Half a King →

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 →

Throne of GlassSeries

seriesSarah J. Maas & Lynette Noni15 books2012

Epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“As the story progresses, Celaena forms unexpected bonds and uncovers a conspiracy amidst her adventures.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Throne of Glass →

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 Three Dark Crowns?: World of Ice and Fire — the closest match to Three Dark Crowns on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Three Dark Crowns?: The Young Queens. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Three Dark Crowns.
How big is Three Dark Crowns?: Three Dark Crowns is 7 books, 2016–2019.

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