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Books like Alpha Underground: 9 series to read next

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

Alpha Underground is 4 books, from 2016.

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Otherworld (Kelley Armstrong)
Mercy Thompson
Shifters / Werecats
Anita Blake
Dark-Hunter
Otherworld (Yasmine Galenorn)
Blood Destiny (Helen Harper)
Kitty Norville
Shifters Unbound

Otherworld (Kelley Armstrong)Series

seriesKelley Armstrong & Seanan McGuire100 books1996

Urban fantasy and paranormal, set in contemporary and our world.

“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 →

Mercy ThompsonUniverse

universe45 books2006

“Patricia Briggs builds this world across two interlocking series.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

Shifters / WerecatsSeries

seriesRachel Vincent7 books2007

Urban fantasy and paranormal, tense in tone, about shapeshifters, set in contemporary and our world.

Start with Stray →

Anita BlakeSeries

seriesLaurell K. Hamilton & Jonathon Green42 books1993

Dark in tone, about vampires.

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

Start with Guilty Pleasures →

Dark-HunterSeries

seriesSherrilyn Kenyon, Alethea Kontis, Carol Shaughnessy & Madaug Kenyon65 books2000

Paranormal romance, set in our world and contemporary.

“Kenyon began writing the series in 1986 in horror, fantasy and science fiction magazines.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Fantasy Lover →

Otherworld (Yasmine Galenorn)Series

seriesYasmine Galenorn50 books2006

Urban fantasy, set in contemporary and our world.

Reading order →

Blood Destiny (Helen Harper)Series

seriesHelen Harper5 books2012

Urban fantasy, set in contemporary and our world.

“Mack might be, to all intents and purposes, a normal looking human, but she lives with a pack of shapeshifters in Cornwall in rural England after being dumped there by her mother when she was just a young child.”
from the catalogue description of Bloodfire

Start with Bloodfire →

Kitty NorvilleSeries

seriesCarrie Vaughn62 books2001

Urban fantasy and paranormal, about werewolves, set in contemporary and north america.

“The program focuses on supernatural issues, beings and creatures she encounters.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Kitty and the Midnight Hour →

Shifters UnboundSeries

seriesJennifer Ashley29 books2010

Paranormal romance, about shapeshifters, set in contemporary and our world.

Start with Shifter Made →

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 Alpha Underground?: Otherworld (Kelley Armstrong) — the closest match to Alpha Underground on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Alpha Underground?: Dark Wolf Adrift. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Alpha Underground.
How big is Alpha Underground?: Alpha Underground is 4 books, from 2016.

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