Books like The Black Prism

The Black Prism by Brent Weeks reads as epic, fast. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The Way of Kings

Brandon Sanderson · 2010

Shares the power + wonder thread

83% genome match

The Blinding Knife

Brent Weeks · 2012

Shares the power thread

86% genome match

Children of Virtue and Vengeance

Tomi Adeyemi · 2019

Shares the power + wonder thread

80% genome match

Captain's Fury

Jim Butcher · 2007

Shares the power thread

80% genome match

Foundryside

Robert Jackson Bennett

Shares the academia thread

77% genome match

Shadow and Bone

Leigh Bardugo · 2012

Shares the power + wonder thread

83% genome match

Wizard's First Rule

Terry Goodkind · 1994

Shares the power + wonder thread

71% genome match

Sharp Ends

Joe Abercrombie

Shares the academia + power thread

75% genome match

Skysworn

Will Wight · 2017

Shares the power thread

73% genome match

The Atlas Six

Olivie Blake · 2020

Shares the academia + wonder thread

69% genome match

The Malazan Book of the Fallen

Steven Erikson

Shares the power thread

83% genome match

A Game of Thrones

George R.R. Martin · 1996

Shares the power thread

76% genome match