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What to Read After Red Rising

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The best books for readers who burned through Red Rising and need something that hits just as hard. These picks share the same relentless pace, brutal stakes, and ambition that makes Pierce Brown's series impossible to put down.

  1. 1

    An Ember in the Ashes

    by Sabaa Tahir

    Same chosen-underdog energy, same brutal world, same can't-stop-reading pace.

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  2. 2

    The Way of Kings

    by Brandon Sanderson

    If you want the scope expanded to something truly massive, Stormlight delivers.

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  3. 3

    Fourth Wing

    by Rebecca Yarros

    Dragon riders, military academy, high stakes romance — the same addictive momentum in a different wrapper.

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  4. 4

    The Blade Itself

    by Joe Abercrombie

    Abercrombie's world is grimmer and the heroes are worse people — in the best way.

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  5. 5

    Mistborn: The Final Empire

    by Brandon Sanderson

    Sanderson's revolution story is the intellectual cousin to Pierce Brown's. Start here if you haven't.

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  6. 6

    House of Earth and Blood

    by Sarah J. Maas

    More urban, more romantic, but the same Maas intensity if you want to cross the track.

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