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Books like Twilight Reign: 9 series to read next

Twilight Reign is epic fantasy and grimdark, 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.

Twilight Reign is 7 books, 2006–2014.

“In a land ruled by prophecy and the whims of Gods, a young man finds himself at the heart of a war he barely understands, wielding powers he may never be able to control.”
from the catalogue description of The Stormcaller

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World of Ice and Fire
Malazan
The Poppy War
The Second Apocalypse
The Circle of the World
Between Earth and Sky
Shattered Sea
Fallen Gods / Godkiller
Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne Universe

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Epic fantasy and fantasy, dark in tone, about political intrigue and war, set in secondary world.

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

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MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

Epic fantasy, dark in tone, about war, set in secondary world.

“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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The Poppy WarSeries

seriesR. F. Kuang4 books2018

Epic fantasy and grimdark, dark and tense in tone, about war, set in secondary world.

“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 Second ApocalypseSeries

seriesR. Scott Bakker11 books2003

Challenging in tone.

Start with The Knife of Many Hands →

The Circle of the WorldUniverse

universe29 books2006

Grimdark and fantasy, set in secondary world.

“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 →

Between Earth and SkySeries

seriesRebecca Roanhorse3 books2020

Epic fantasy and fantasy, dark in tone, about gods and political intrigue, set in secondary world.

“The winter solstice is usually a time for celebration and renewal, but this year it coincides with a solar eclipse, a rare celestial event proscribed by the Sun Priest as an unbalancing of the world.”
from the catalogue description of Black Sun
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Start with Black Sun →

Shattered SeaSeries

seriesJoe Abercrombie4 books2014

About coming of age.

“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
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Start with Half a King →

Fallen Gods / GodkillerSeries

seriesHannah Kaner3 books2023

Epic fantasy, dark and tense in tone, about gods and war, set in secondary world.

“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 →

Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne UniverseSeries

seriesBrian Staveley6 books2014

Epic fantasy and fantasy, dark and tense in tone, set in secondary world.

“Skullsworn is Brian Staveley's standalone prequel novel, set in the same world as his epic fantasy trilogy The Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Better Than Breath →

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 Twilight Reign?: World of Ice and Fire — the closest match to Twilight Reign on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Twilight Reign?: The Stormcaller. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Twilight Reign.
How big is Twilight Reign?: Twilight Reign is 7 books, 2006–2014.

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