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Books like Ant-Man: 9 series to read next

Ant-Man is superhero, set in contemporary. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Ant-Man is 4 books, 2015–2018.

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DC
Reckoners
Villain.net
The Extraordinaries (TJ Klune)
The Mortal Instruments
Marvel
The Cloak Society / Alex Knight
Jumper
Please Don't Tell My Parents

DCUniverse

universe542 books1942

Superhero, set in contemporary.

“Above Metropolis a figure holds the sun at his back; across the bay, Gotham keeps its secrets in the dark.”
from the catalogue description

Start with It's Superman! →

ReckonersSeries

seriesBrandon Sanderson & Steven Bohls6 books2013

Set in near future.

“One young man orphaned by a High Epic joins a group that is killing Epics.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Steelheart →

Villain.netSeries

seriesAndy Briggs4 books2008

Superhero, set in contemporary and our world.

“Fourteen-year-old Jake Hunter goes from average bully to villain after finding a website that lets him download superpowers, but when he joins forces with the supervillain Basilisk, he may be in over his head.”
from the catalogue description of Council of Evil

Start with Council of Evil →

The Extraordinaries (TJ Klune)Series

seriesTJ Klune3 books2020

Superhero, lighthearted in tone, about coming of age and identity, set in contemporary and north america.

“The Extraordinaries follows Nick Bell, a fanfiction-writing teenager with ADHD who is infatuated with his city's resident superhero, Shadow Star, and decides the only way to get noticed is to become extraordinary himself.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Extraordinaries →

The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse

universe70 books2007

Fantasy and urban fantasy.

“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

Reading order →

MarvelUniverse

universe492 books1967

Superhero, set in contemporary.

“Somewhere over the rooftops a kid in red-and-blue is swinging late to a job he can't afford to lose, an old soldier is arguing with a billionaire in a flying suit, and a team of the hunted are teaching frightened children how not to hate.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Venom Factor →

The Cloak Society / Alex KnightSeries

seriesJeramey Kraatz3 books2012

Superhero, adventurous in tone, set in contemporary.

“Alex Knight, a twelve-year-old in training to be a supervillain in the elite Cloak Society, becomes friends with a young superhero and begins to question where his loyalty lies.”
from the catalogue description of The Cloak Society

Start with The Cloak Society →

JumperSeries

seriesSteven Gould6 books1992

About psychic powers.

“Steven Gould's series continues across Reflex, Impulse, and Exo, later following his and his wife's daughter as a second-generation jumper.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Jumper →

Please Don't Tell My ParentsSeries

seriesRichard Roberts12 books2014

Superhero, set in contemporary.

Start with I Did NOT Give That Spider Superhuman Intelligence! →

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 Ant-Man?: DC — the closest match to Ant-Man on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Ant-Man?: Natural Enemy. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Ant-Man.
How big is Ant-Man?: Ant-Man is 4 books, 2015–2018.

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