The Age of Darkness Trilogy: Similar romance series

Malazan Book of the Fallen

by Steven Erikson

4.32 · 553 ratings

fiction · fantasy · violent-conflict · book · high-fantasy · action-adventure · epic · military · paranormal · sword-sorcery · dark-fantasy · audiobook · grim-dark · dark · adult · dragons · war · magic · heroic-fantasy · contemporary

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The Red Queen's War

by Mark Lawrence

4.21 · 110 ratings

europe · high-fantasy · grim-dark · fiction · action-adventure · humor · demons · epic · dark · fantasy · retellings · dark-fantasy · adult · magic · male-mc · post-apocalyptic · book · scandinavia · supernatural · paranormal

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First Law World

by Joe Abercrombie

4.30 · 623 ratings

fantasy · fiction · audiobook · dark-fantasy · high-fantasy · grim-dark · dark · epic · book · magic · adult · heroic-fantasy · contemporary · violent-conflict · war · action-adventure · military · sword-sorcery · horror · male-author

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The Books of the North

by Glen Cook

4.08 · 177 ratings

audiobook · grim-dark · war · high-fantasy · fantasy · action-adventure · fiction · dark · epic · magic · military · violent-conflict · horror · dark-fantasy · sword-sorcery · adult · book · classics · literary · 20th-century

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Malazan

by Steven Erikson

4.18 · 864 ratings

grim-dark · high-fantasy · fiction · action-adventure · fantasy · epic · dark · dark-fantasy · book · magic · military · violent-conflict · sword-sorcery · adult · audiobook · war · heroic-fantasy · horror · dragons · paranormal

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The Dagger and the Coin

by Daniel Abraham

3.99 · 166 ratings

book · audiobook · anti-hero · paranormal · dragons · medieval · fantasy · action-adventure · fiction · high-fantasy · war · military · dark-fantasy · adult · historical · magic · violent-conflict · sword-sorcery · epic · dark

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A Land Fit for Heroes

by Richard K. Morgan

3.88 · 99 ratings

lesbian-mc · paranormal · audiobook · book · romance · mlm · epic · sword-sorcery · dark · adult · male-author · magic · dark-fantasy · horror · noir · military · grim-dark · lgbtq · high-fantasy · fiction

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The Traitor Son Cycle

by Miles Cameron

4.24 · 154 ratings

male-mc · military · book · dragons · heroic-fantasy · paranormal · audiobook · grim-dark · high-fantasy · fiction · fantasy · action-adventure · medieval · mythical-creatures · sword-sorcery · dark · epic · adult · historical · magic

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Drenai Saga Chronological Order

by David Gemmell

4.23 · 383 ratings

epic · sword-sorcery · fiction · action-adventure · fantasy · high-fantasy · heroic-fantasy · book · dark-fantasy · dark · audiobook · adult · violent-conflict · magic · war · historical · mystery · military · grim-dark · historical-fiction

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Das Spiel der Götter

by Steven Erikson

4.08 · 131 ratings

epic · fiction · fantasy · book · adult · high-fantasy · military · dark-fantasy · male-author · violent-conflict · magic · dark · demons · sword-sorcery · assassins · medieval · action-adventure · children-books · mystery · gods

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Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne

by Brian Staveley

4.10 · 183 ratings

high-fantasy · grim-dark · fantasy · fiction · dark · epic · dark-fantasy · book · audiobook · action-adventure · sword-sorcery · military · violent-conflict · magic · gods · assassins · male-author · supernatural · young-adult · paranormal

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The Drenai Saga

by David Gemmell

4.27 · 366 ratings

sword-sorcery · epic · high-fantasy · fantasy · action-adventure · fiction · heroic-fantasy · adult · audiobook · book · dark · violent-conflict · dark-fantasy · war · magic · historical · military · grim-dark · mystery · male-mc

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The Draconis Memoria

by Anthony Ryan

4.11 · 101 ratings

paranormal · dragons · book · epic · historical · industrial-era · steampunk · fiction · fantasy · action-adventure · heroic-fantasy · audiobook · flintlock · sword-sorcery · dark · horror · dark-fantasy · military · magic · violent-conflict

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Raven's Shadow

by Anthony Ryan

4.07 · 176 ratings

high-fantasy · grim-dark · fiction · fantasy · epic · dark · dark-fantasy · sword-sorcery · audiobook · war · action-adventure · violent-conflict · adult · book · magic · lgbtq · medieval · military · historical · heroic-fantasy

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Rai-Kirah

by Sharon Shinn

3.89 · 98 ratings

sword-sorcery · demons · female-author · adult · magic · fiction · fantasy · paranormal · supernatural · dark · epic · military · dark-fantasy · historical · high-fantasy · male-mc · slavery · medieval · action-adventure · audiobook

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The Chronicles of the Black Company

by Glen Cook

4.09 · 545 ratings

fiction · fantasy · epic · adult · violent-conflict · horror · military · high-fantasy · dark · audiobook · action-adventure · grim-dark · dark-fantasy · war · magic · sword-sorcery · book · heroic-fantasy · anthologies · paranormal

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The Rigante

by David Gemmell

4.27 · 114 ratings

book · fiction · fantasy · epic · adult · heroic-fantasy · high-fantasy · action-adventure · sword-sorcery · dark-fantasy · historical · violent-conflict · audiobook · war · dark · mystery · historical-fiction · magic · flintlock · early-modern

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The Faithful and the Fallen

by John Gwynne

4.28 · 180 ratings

dark · epic · dark-fantasy · fantasy · fiction · grim-dark · high-fantasy · heroic-fantasy · audiobook · violent-conflict · adult · historical · war · action-adventure · paranormal · book · anthologies · sword-sorcery · magic · horror

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Path to Ascendancy

by Ian C. Esslemont

4.35 · 86 ratings

fiction · fantasy · book · high-fantasy · adult · epic · action-adventure · grim-dark · magic · violent-conflict · dark-fantasy · military · audiobook · sword-sorcery · dark · heroic-fantasy · war · horror

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Defiance of the Fall

by TheFirstDefier

4.53 · 211 ratings

audiobook · litrpg · heroic-fantasy · book · adult · fantasy · fiction · epic · cyberpunk · invasion · post-apocalyptic · progression-fantasy · first-contact · violent-conflict · sword-sorcery · action-adventure · aliens · high-fantasy · paranormal · ancient-civilization

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