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Books like Wake the Dragon: 9 series to read next

Wake the Dragon is epic fantasy, set in secondary world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Wake the Dragon is 3 books, 2019–2022.

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World of Ice and Fire
Malazan
Sparhawk
The Riftwar
Dragon Trilogies
Cosmere
Crown of Stars
Lord of the Isles
Shadowmarch

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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SparhawkUniverse

universe6 books1989

About quests.

“Sir Sparhawk is not a young man, and he has little patience for the pageantry his order pretends to.”
from the catalogue description

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The RiftwarUniverse

universe44 books1982

Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

“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.”
from the catalogue description

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Dragon TrilogiesSeries

seriesMelanie Rawn6 books1988

Epic fantasy and fantasy, tense in tone, about political intrigue and dragons, set in secondary world.

“The Dragon Prince trilogy focuses on Prince Rohan of the Desert and his Sunrunner wife, Sioned, while the Dragon Star trilogy focuses on their son, Pol.”
from the catalogue description
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CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

Epic fantasy and 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 →

Crown of StarsSeries

seriesKate Elliott11 books1996

Epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

Start with King's Dragon →

Lord of the IslesSeries

seriesDavid Drake10 books1997

About quests.

“In 1997, Drake began his largest fantasy series, Lord of the Isles, using elements of Sumerian religion and medieval-era technology.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Lord of the Isles →

ShadowmarchSeries

seriesTad Williams5 books2001

Epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Tad Williams's Shadowmarch series follows the twins as they're pulled toward secrets buried beneath their own castle, including gods older than the kingdom itself.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Shadowmarch →

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 Wake the Dragon?: World of Ice and Fire — the closest match to Wake the Dragon on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Wake the Dragon?: Spine of the Dragon. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Wake the Dragon.
How big is Wake the Dragon?: Wake the Dragon is 3 books, 2019–2022.

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