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Books like Alex Stern: 9 series to read next

Alex Stern is urban fantasy and dark fantasy, set in contemporary and big city. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Alex Stern is 4 books, 2019–2026.

“The opening novel, Ninth House, establishes her as an outsider gifted with the ability to see ghosts; the sequels continue her investigation into the societies' abuses and the murder that first drew her into Lethe's world.”
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Atlas (Olivie Blake)
Meredith Gentry
The Dresden Files
Anita Blake
Sandman Slim
The Legendborn Cycle
Allie Beckstrom Universe
The Oversight Trilogy
Heir Chronicles

Atlas (Olivie Blake)Series

seriesOlivie Blake3 books2020

“Olivie Blake's Atlas trilogy follows six magical scholars recruited into a secretive society that grants near-limitless magical resources in exchange for a mortal cost only revealed after they've already committed.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Atlas Six →

Meredith GentrySeries

seriesLaurell K. Hamilton10 books2000

Paranormal romance, about fae and court intrigue.

“The first book in the series, A Kiss of Shadows, was released by Del Rey on October 3, 2000.”
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Start with A Kiss of Shadows →

The Dresden FilesSeries

seriesJim Butcher & Mark Powers (comics)56 books2000

About wizards.

“The novels are narrated from the first-person perspective of Harry Dresden, a private detective and wizard, as he investigates supernatural disturbances in contemporary Chicago.”
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Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with A Fistful of Warlocks →

Anita BlakeSeries

seriesLaurell K. Hamilton & Jonathon Green42 books1993

About vampires.

“The books have sold more than six million copies; many have made The New York Times Best Seller list.”
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Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Guilty Pleasures →

Sandman SlimSeries

seriesRichard Kadrey15 books2009

Urban fantasy, dark in tone, set in contemporary and big city.

“Richard Kadrey's Sandman Slim follows James Stark, a magician who spent eleven years trapped fighting in Hell before escaping back to a Los Angeles that isn't much friendlier, looking for revenge against the circle that sent him there.”
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Start with Sandman Slim →

The Legendborn CycleSeries

seriesTracy Deonn3 books2020

“Tracy Deonn's Legendborn Cycle follows Bree Matthews, a Black teenager who enrolls in an early-college program and stumbles into a secret society descended from Arthurian legend operating alongside her North Carolina campus.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Legendborn →

Allie Beckstrom UniverseSeries

seriesDevon Monk14 books2008

Urban fantasy, set in contemporary.

Reading order →

The Oversight TrilogySeries

seriesCharlie Fletcher3 books2014

Set in british isles.

Start with The Oversight →

Heir ChroniclesSeries

seriesCinda Williams Chima5 books2006

About wizards.

“Cinda Williams Chima's Heir Chronicles begins with The Warrior Heir, in which sixteen-year-old Jack learns he has hidden magical, warrior ancestry and is drawn into training to fight enemy wizards he didn't know existed.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Warrior Heir →

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 Alex Stern?: Atlas (Olivie Blake) — the closest match to Alex Stern on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Alex Stern?: Ninth House. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Alex Stern.
How big is Alex Stern?: Alex Stern is 4 books, 2019–2026.

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