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Books like Wild Hunt Trilogy: 9 series to read next

Wild Hunt Trilogy is epic fantasy, about war, set in secondary world, tense and dark in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Wild Hunt Trilogy is 3 books, 2011–2013.

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World of Ice and Fire
Malazan
The Poppy War
The Circle of the World
Grishaverse
Shattered Sea
Fallen Gods / Godkiller
Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever
An Ember in the Ashes

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Epic fantasy and fantasy, dark in tone, about war and political intrigue, 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

“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

Grimdark.

“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 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 →

GrishaverseUniverse

universe19 books2012

“Saints are canonized here the way soldiers are buried elsewhere — quietly, and too often.”
from the catalogue description

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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

About gods.

“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 →

Thomas Covenant the UnbelieverSeries

seriesStephen R. Donaldson11 books1977

About quests.

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An Ember in the AshesSeries

seriesSabaa Tahir4 books2015

About rebellion and revolution.

“Sabaa Tahir's quartet, continuing through A Torch Against the Night, A Reaper at the Gates, and A Sky Beyond the Storm, follows the two toward a reckoning with the empire that trained one of them to enforce it.”
from the catalogue description

Start with An Ember in the Ashes →

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.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after Wild Hunt Trilogy?: World of Ice and Fire — the closest match to Wild Hunt Trilogy on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Wild Hunt Trilogy?: Songs of the Earth. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Wild Hunt Trilogy.
How big is Wild Hunt Trilogy?: Wild Hunt Trilogy is 3 books, 2011–2013.

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