If you loved how the Pantheon in The Wicked + The Divine turns belief into celebrity power—Amaterasu basking in adoration, Baal storming stadiums, Luci burning down courtrooms—then American Gods hits the same vein from a different angle. You’ll follow Shadow as he’s pulled into Mr. Wednesday’s scheme to rally fading old gods against slick new gods of Media and Technology. The way belief literally empowers icons echoes the Recurrence, and the road-trip mystery scratches that early-series whodunit energy around Laura’s quest and Ananke’s secrets.

If the pop-idol divinity of WicDiv hooked you because gods walked among us like influencers, you’ll vibe with how New York literally manifests as living avatars and must fight an otherworldly Enemy. As the boroughs awaken, their avatars clash and collaborate like a brand-new Pantheon trying to save their city—think Laura trying to corral capricious stars like Sakhmet and Woden. It blends spectacle with razor-sharp commentary, much like the series’ take on fame, fandom, and the costs of adoration.

If what grabbed you in WicDiv was juggling a whole Pantheon—Luci, Amaterasu, Baal, Minerva—each with clashing goals as Laura navigates shifting loyalties, The Fifth Season delivers that on a seismic scale. Multiple threads and perspectives gradually snap into place with the same oh-no-oh-yes thrill as the series’ mid-arc revelations about Persephone and Ananke. You’ll get a cast whose alliances evolve under apocalyptic pressure, and every chapter repositions who you trust.

If you were fascinated by WicDiv’s beautiful monsters—Luci’s lethal charm, Woden’s scheming, Ananke’s justifications—this delivers a circle of near-gods raised by a terrifying ‘Father,’ each wielding reality-warping domains. The moral lines blur as brutally as when the judge dies at Luci’s finger snap and the Pantheon spins into cover-ups and betrayals. It’s dark, stylish, and full of choices that feel as corrupting—and addictive—as fame.

If the jaw-droppers in WicDiv—from Laura’s transformation into Persephone to the true nature of the Recurrence and Ananke’s endgame—left you breathless, Middlegame brings that same momentum of revelations. Alchemical prodigies Roger and Dodger grow into world-shaping power while a shadowy creator manipulates them, and every new piece reframes the last. It’s the kind of twisty narrative that rewards you for tracking clues and second-guessing every promise.