Series
Books like Zang Cycle: 9 series to read next
Zang Cycle is dark fantasy, about quests, set in secondary world, dark and eerie in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.
Zang Cycle is 13 books, 2006–2013.
- Julian
- Stephen King multiverse
- Sekenre
- The Circle of the World
- Malazan
- Nevernight
- Empire of the Vampire
- Prospero and Roger Bacon
- Thaddeus Blaklok
- JulianSeries
seriesDarrell Schweitzer19 books1976
Fantasy and mythic fantasy, about deal with the devil and demons.
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- SekenreSeries
seriesDarrell Schweitzer15 books1994
Fantasy, about wizards.
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- NevernightSeries
seriesJay Kristoff3 books2016
About revenge and assassins.
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- Empire of the VampireSeries
seriesJay Kristoff3 books2021
Grimdark, tense in tone, about vampires and revenge.
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- Prospero and Roger BaconSeries
seriesJohn Bellairs2 books1969
Fantasy, about wizards.
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- Thaddeus BlaklokSeries
seriesRichard Ford2 books2011
Adventure, tense in tone, about demons and magical artifacts.
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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 Zang Cycle?
- Julian — the closest match to Zang Cycle on what it is about, not on what sells.
- Where do I start with Zang Cycle?
- The Persecution of Artifice the Quill. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Zang Cycle.
- How big is Zang Cycle?
- Zang Cycle is 13 books, 2006–2013.