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Books like Vlad Taltos: 9 series to read next

Vlad Taltos is fantasy, about political intrigue, set in secondary world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Vlad Taltos is 18 books, 1983–2024.

“Steven Brust's Vlad Taltos series follows the title character, an assassin and member of a socially disdained human minority living on the world of Dragaera among long-lived, sorcerously gifted non-human houses.”
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Dragaeran Empire
Kyralia series
Tortall
Tolkien's legendarium
The Riftwar
The Kingkiller Chronicle
Forgotten Realms
Cosmere
Ixia & Sitia milieu

Dragaeran EmpireSeries

seriesSteven Brust, Bill Scammell, Christine Ivey, Evan Jamieson, Lisa Hunt, Mark Bloom, Richard S. Meyers & Walter H. Hunt27 books1983

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about political intrigue, set in secondary world.

“Brust weaves in interspersed folklore chapters drawing on Hungarian tradition, using the family's crumbling castle as a recurring symbol for both a body and a disintegrating kingdom.”
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Start with Brokedown Palace →

Kyralia seriesUniverse

universe8 books2001

Epic fantasy.

“Once a year the magicians of Kyralia sweep the beggars out of the capital, and once a year the beggars throw stones.”
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TortallUniverse

universe25 books1983

“In Tortall she does it anyway — and earns the right the hard way, through bruises, cold mornings in the training yard, and the slow winning-over of people who swore she'd fail.”
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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.”
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The RiftwarUniverse

universe44 books1982

Epic fantasy.

“On the world of Midkemia a tear opens in the air itself, a rift hung between stars, and through it march the armies of an empire from another world entirely.”
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The Kingkiller ChronicleSeries

seriesPatrick Rothfuss8 books2002

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“The first two books, The Name of the Wind and The Wise Man's Fear, were released in 2007 and 2011.”
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Start with The Name of the Wind →

Forgotten RealmsUniverse

universe526 books1987

Epic fantasy.

“Come in from the cold and mind the door — the wind off the Sword Coast has teeth.”
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CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

Epic fantasy.

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

Start with The Final Empire →

Ixia & Sitia milieuSeries

seriesMaria V. Snyder12 books2005

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, set in secondary world.

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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.

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What should I read after Vlad Taltos?: Dragaeran Empire — the closest match to Vlad Taltos on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Vlad Taltos?: Jhereg. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Vlad Taltos.
How big is Vlad Taltos?: Vlad Taltos is 18 books, 1983–2024.

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