Books like Deadhouse Gates (The Malazan Book of the Fallen, Book 2)

Deadhouse Gates (The Malazan Book of the Fallen, Book 2) by Steven Erikson reads as epic, grim. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Reaper's Gale (Malazan Book of Fallen 7) (Malazan Book of the Fallen)

Steven Erikson · 1998

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84% genome match

Hyperion

Dan Simmons · 1989

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69% genome match

Lord of Light

Roger Zelazny · 1967

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69% genome match

The Grace of Kings (The Dandelion Dynasty)

Ken Liu · 2001

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69% genome match

La Divina Commedia

Dante Alighieri · 1472

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69% genome match

Dune

Frank Herbert · 1965

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69% genome match

Romance of the three kingdoms

Luo Guanzhong · 1644

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69% genome match

War and Peace

Leo Tolstoy · 1869

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69% genome match

Moby-Dick

Herman Melville · 1851

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69% genome match

Fire & Blood

George R.R. Martin · 2018

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69% genome match

Paradise Lost

John Milton · 1667

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69% genome match

The Warrior Prophet

R. Scott Bakker

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69% genome match