Books like Memories of Ice

Memories of Ice by Steven Erikson reads as dark, immersive. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Deadhouse Gates

Steven Erikson · 2000

Both explore war & empire

100% genome match

The Warrior Prophet

R. Scott Bakker

Both explore war

66% genome match

The White Rose

Glen Cook

Both explore war

54% genome match

King of Thorns

Mark Lawrence

Both explore war

58% genome match

The Blade Itself

Joe Abercrombie · 2006

Both explore war

55% genome match

House of Chains

Steven Erikson · 2002

Both explore war & empire

100% genome match

Aeneis

Publius Vergilius Maro · 1592

Both explore war & empire

56% genome match

Blood of Elves

Andrzej Sapkowski · 1994

Both explore war

61% genome match

Faerie queene

Edmund Spenser · 1590

Same fantasy feel

51% genome match

Inferno

Dante Alighieri · 1767

Both explore morality

51% genome match

Inheritance

Christopher Paolini · 2011

Both explore war & empire

66% genome match

The Traitor Baru Cormorant

Seth Dickinson

Both explore empire

68% genome match