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Books like Time Master: 9 series to read next

Time Master is fantasy and epic fantasy, about gods, 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.

Time Master is 13 books across 4 series, 1977–1998.

“Between Order and Chaos there is no war of good against evil — only a balance, and a world that lives or dies by how finely it is kept.”
from the catalogue description

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World of Ice and Fire
Malazan
Grishaverse
The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieu
Tolkien's legendarium
Earthsea
Song of the Last Kingdom
Fallen Gods / Godkiller
The Circle of the World

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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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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GrishaverseUniverse

universe19 books2012

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Saints are canonized here the way soldiers are buried elsewhere — quietly, and too often.”
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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) →

Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

universe163 books1923

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Before the seas were bent and the mountains raised, there was Music — and from that Music came Arda, and in the west of Middle-earth the long defeat and stubborn hope of those who dwell there.”
from the catalogue description

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EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Reflective in tone.

“There is a lesson every wizard of Earthsea learns young: to know a thing's true name is to hold its whole being, and to speak it is to move the balance of the world.”
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Song of the Last KingdomSeries

seriesAmélie Wen Zhao2 books2023

About colonialism.

“Lan spends her nights as a songgirl in Haak’gong, a city transformed by the Elantian colonizers.”
from the catalogue description of Song of Silver, Flame Like Night

Start with Song of Silver, Flame Like Night →

Fallen Gods / GodkillerSeries

seriesHannah Kaner3 books2023

About war.

“Hannah Kaner's Godkiller follows Kissen, who lost her family to zealots of a fire god and now kills gods for a living, until she meets Skedi, a small god of white lies bound against his will to a young noble and hunted by assassins.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Godkiller →

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 →

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 Time Master?: World of Ice and Fire — the closest match to Time Master on what it is about, not on what sells.
How big is Time Master?: Time Master is 13 books across 4 series, 1977–1998.
Is Time Master finished?: Yes — 13 books across 4 series, 1977–1998.

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