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Books like Angelbound Origins: 9 series to read next

Angelbound Origins is 16 books, 2013–2023.

“Christina Bauer's eleven-book series traces Myla's rise from arena fighter to a central figure in that supernatural power struggle, later following the next generation of characters as the story continues.”
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Karou
The Mortal Instruments
His Dark Materials
Crave (Tracy Wolff)
Trylle Universe
Seven Kingdoms / Graceling Realm
Atlantis (Gena Showalter)
Grishaverse
Kushiel's Legacy Universe

KarouSeries

seriesLaini Taylor4 books2011

Fantasy, emotional in tone, set in secondary world.

“From copyright page: Seventeen year old Karou, a lovely, enigmatic art student in a Prague boarding school, carries a sketchbook of hideous, frightening monsters - the chimerae who form the only family she has ever known.”
from the catalogue description of Daughter of Smoke & Bone
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The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse

universe70 books2007

Fantasy and urban fantasy, set in contemporary.

“There is a world laid over your own like a second skin, and you have been trained since birth not to see it.”
from the catalogue description

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His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

Set in parallel universe.

“In a world like ours and unlike it, every human soul walks outside the body in the shape of an animal — a daemon, who speaks, who cannot be lied to, and who settles into one fixed form only when childhood ends.”
from the catalogue description

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Crave (Tracy Wolff)Series

seriesTracy Wolff7 books2020

Tense in tone, about vampires.

“Nothing is right about this place or the other students in it.”
from the catalogue description of Crave

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Trylle UniverseSeries

seriesAmanda Hocking9 books2010

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

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Seven Kingdoms / Graceling RealmSeries

seriesKristin Cashore & uncredited6 books2008

About political intrigue.

“Kristin Cashore continued the world with the prequel-adjacent Fire, set in a neighboring land, and the sequel Bitterblue, then extended it further north with Winterkeep and Seasparrow.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Graceling →

Atlantis (Gena Showalter)Series

seriesGena Showalter5 books2005

Fantasy and paranormal romance, adventurous in tone.

Start with Heart of the Dragon →

GrishaverseUniverse

universe19 books2012

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Saints are canonized here the way soldiers are buried elsewhere — quietly, and too often.”
from the catalogue description

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Kushiel's Legacy UniverseSeries

seriesJacqueline Carey13 books2001

About political intrigue.

“Since the series features a fictional version of medieval Western Europe, it can be considered historical fantasy or alternate history.”
from the catalogue description of Earth Begotten

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What should I read after Angelbound Origins?: Karou — the closest match to Angelbound Origins on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Angelbound Origins?: Angelbound. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Angelbound Origins.
How big is Angelbound Origins?: Angelbound Origins is 16 books, 2013–2023.

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