Books like King of Thorns
King of Thorns by Mark Lawrence reads as dark, immersive. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
The First Law Trilogy
Joe Abercrombie
Shares the power thread
79% genome match
Emperor of Thorns
Mark Lawrence
Shares the power + history thread
73% genome match
The White Rose
Glen Cook
Shares the power thread
72% genome match
The Malazan Book of the Fallen
Steven Erikson
Shares the power + history thread
69% genome match
Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson · 2006
Shares the history + power thread
69% genome match
Tree of Smoke
Denis Johnson
Shares the power + history thread
69% genome match
A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin · 1996
Shares the power thread
69% genome match
Horus Rising
Dan Abnett
Shares the power thread
69% genome match
Flags on the Bayou
James Lee Burke
Shares the power + history thread
69% genome match
The Poppy War
R.F. Kuang · 2018
Shares the power thread
69% genome match
The Last Kingdom
Bernard Cornwell
Shares the power + history thread
69% genome match
The Warrior Prophet
R. Scott Bakker
Shares the power thread
69% genome match
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