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Books like Zodiac Academy: 9 series to read next

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

Zodiac Academy is 11 books, 2019–2024.

“The school they’ve sent me to is both dangerous as sh*t and one helluva party.”
from the catalogue description of The Awakening

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Grishaverse
World of Ice and Fire
Legacy of Orisha
The Powerless Trilogy
An Ember in the Ashes
Throne of Glass
A Court of Thorns and Roses
Cosmere
The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieu

GrishaverseUniverse

universe19 books2012

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

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

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World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Epic fantasy, about war.

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

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Legacy of OrishaSeries

seriesTomi Adeyemi3 books2018

Epic fantasy, about rebellion and revolution.

“Tomi Adeyemi's Legacy of Orïsha trilogy opens with Children of Blood and Bone, following Zélie, a girl from a persecuted caste of former magic-users, on a quest to restore magic to a kingdom that outlawed and hunted her people.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Children of Blood and Bone →

The Powerless TrilogySeries

seriesLauren Roberts5 books2023

Fantasy and romantasy, set in secondary world.

“Lauren Roberts' trilogy, beginning with Powerless, was later expanded with a further Fearless duology set in the same world.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Powerless →

An Ember in the AshesSeries

seriesSabaa Tahir4 books2015

Epic fantasy, 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 →

Throne of GlassSeries

seriesSarah J. Maas & Lynette Noni15 books2012

Epic fantasy.

“As the story progresses, Celaena forms unexpected bonds and uncovers a conspiracy amidst her adventures.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Throne of Glass →

A Court of Thorns and RosesSeries

seriesSarah J. Maas6 books2015

Fantasy and romantasy, emotional in tone, about fae, set in secondary world.

“There are currently five novels in the series, with the sixth scheduled to release on October 27, 2026, and the seventh on January 12, 2027.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with A Court of Thorns and Roses →

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 →

The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieuSeries

seriesGarth Nix11 books1995

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

Start with An Essay on Free Magic: (A manuscript fragment from the Great Library of the Clayr) →

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 Zodiac Academy?: Grishaverse — the closest match to Zodiac Academy on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Zodiac Academy?: The Awakening. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Zodiac Academy.
How big is Zodiac Academy?: Zodiac Academy is 11 books, 2019–2024.

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