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Books like Abandoned: 9 series to read next

Abandoned is set in our world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Abandoned is 5 books, 2021–2025.

“The clock strikes twelve, a cheer goes up and the music swells; balloons drop and streamers swirl.”
from the catalogue description of Abandoned: Arrivals and Awakenings

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Krewe of Hunters
Effective Engineering Solutions
Otherworld (Kelley Armstrong)
Cainsville
Becca King
Jeremy Logan
Harper Blaine / Greywalker
Blue Is for Nightmares
Red Letter Days

Krewe of HuntersUniverse

universe57 books2011

Ghost stories.

“Some cases don't close when the coroner signs off.”
from the catalogue description

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Effective Engineering SolutionsSeries

seriesDouglas Preston & Lincoln Child37 books1995

Thriller & suspense.

“Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child wrote it as a standalone techno-thriller in 2000; it later fed into their separate Gideon Crew series rather than getting a direct sequel of its own.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Ice Limit →

Otherworld (Kelley Armstrong)Series

seriesKelley Armstrong & Seanan McGuire100 books1996

Urban fantasy.

“Each book tends to follow a different member of this hidden community while slowly building a shared, continuing world.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Paranormal Romance Blues →

CainsvilleSeries

seriesKelley Armstrong21 books2011

Urban fantasy.

“After learning that she is the daughter of accused serial killers Todd and Pamela Larsen, privileged 24-year-old Olivia Taylor ends up in the small town of Cainsville, Illinois, to prove her birthparents' innocence.”
from the catalogue description of Omens

Start with Omens →

Becca KingSeries

seriesElizabeth George4 books2012

“Whidbey Island may be only a ferry ride from Seattle, but it’s a world apart.”
from the catalogue description of The Edge of Nowhere

Start with The Edge of Nowhere →

Jeremy LoganSeries

seriesLincoln Child6 books2007

Thriller & suspense.

“Lincoln Child's Jeremy Logan series follows an investigator through cases where science and the seemingly supernatural collide, opening with Deep Storm, set at a deep-sea drilling platform that may have uncovered the lost city of Atlantis.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Deep Storm →

Harper Blaine / GreywalkerSeries

seriesKat Richardson11 books2006

Urban fantasy.

“Following a savage, near-fatal attack, private detective Harper Blaine discovers that she has become a Greywalker, and now has the ability to move between the ordinary world and a mysterious, cross-over zone populated by monsters.”
from the catalogue description of Greywalker

Start with Greywalker →

Blue Is for NightmaresSeries

seriesLaurie Faria Stolarz5 books2003

Start with Blue Is for Nightmares →

Red Letter DaysSeries

seriesRachel Caine2 books2005

About deal with the devil.

“Jazz Callender is an ex-cop struggling to prove her partner's innocence after he is sent to prison for murder, and she's willing to take whatever help comes along ... but she's about to make a bargain with the devil.”
from the catalogue description of Devil's Bargain

Start with Devil's Bargain →

Why these

No sales rank, no star ratings, no readers also bought.

Shared terms are not a promise that a book feels the same. Two series can be far-future political intrigue and read nothing alike — what the ranking can say is what they are about, and each card says which parts it shares.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after Abandoned?: Krewe of Hunters — the closest match to Abandoned on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Abandoned?: Abandoned: Arrivals and Awakenings. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Abandoned.
How big is Abandoned?: Abandoned is 5 books, 2021–2025.

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