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Books like Von Carstein Trilogy: 9 series to read next

Von Carstein Trilogy is dark fantasy, set in secondary world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Von Carstein Trilogy is 3 books, 2006–2007.

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World of Ice and Fire
Malazan
Night Angel
The Circle of the World
The Broken Empire
The Tears of Artamon
The Ancestor
Empire of the Vampire
Thomas Cale

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Epic fantasy.

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

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MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

Epic fantasy.

“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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Night AngelUniverse

universe6 books2008

About assassins.

“There are killers, and then there are wetboys — and the difference is that a wetboy never misses, because the magic in his blood will not let him.”
from the catalogue description

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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 →

The Broken EmpireUniverse

universe27 books2011

Grimdark.

“What looks like sword-and-castle medievalism is the ash of our own age, and the magic is only physics that learned to listen.”
from the catalogue description

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The Tears of ArtamonSeries

seriesSarah Ash4 books2003

Epic fantasy.

“Expected to avenge his father's death—and still his unquiet ghost—Gavril soon learns that becoming Drakhaon means not only ascending to the throne of Azhkendir but slowly changing into a being of extraordinary power and might.”
from the catalogue description of Lord of Snow and Shadows

Start with Lord of Snow and Shadows →

The AncestorSeries

seriesMark Lawrence4 books2017

Epic fantasy, about magic schools and coming of age.

“The three novels tell the story of Nona Grey, a peasant girl with mystical abilities.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Red Sister →

Empire of the VampireSeries

seriesJay Kristoff3 books2021

Grimdark.

Start with Empire of the Vampire →

Thomas CaleSeries

seriesPaul Hoffman4 books2010

About faith and religion.

“Paul Hoffman's Thomas Cale series opens with The Left Hand of God, following a boy raised by a brutal religious military order who escapes into a wider world he's been kept ignorant of.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Left Hand of God →

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 Von Carstein Trilogy?: World of Ice and Fire — the closest match to Von Carstein Trilogy on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Von Carstein Trilogy?: Inheritance. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Von Carstein Trilogy.
How big is Von Carstein Trilogy?: Von Carstein Trilogy is 3 books, 2006–2007.

Books like Von Carstein Trilogy: 9 series to read next

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