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

The Darkness That Comes Before cover
The Darkness That Comes Before
R. Scott Bakker
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73% genome match
The White Rose cover
The White Rose
Glen Cook
Shares the power thread
80% genome match
Emperor of Thorns cover
Emperor of Thorns
Mark Lawrence
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69% genome match
Empire of Silence cover
Empire of Silence
Christopher Ruocchio
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69% genome match
The Silmarillion cover
The Silmarillion
J.R.R. Tolkien · 1977
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73% genome match
Ninefox Gambit cover
Ninefox Gambit
Yoon Ha Lee
Shares the power thread
74% genome match
Horus Rising cover
Horus Rising
Dan Abnett
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69% genome match
The Last Kingdom cover
The Last Kingdom
Bernard Cornwell
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69% genome match
Europe Central cover
Europe Central
William T. Vollmann
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69% genome match
The Hundred Days cover
The Hundred Days
Patrick O'Brian
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69% genome match
Tree of Smoke cover
Tree of Smoke
Denis Johnson
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69% genome match
The Secret Chord cover
The Secret Chord
Geraldine Brooks · 2016
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69% genome match

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