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Books like Black Dagger: 9 series to read next

Black Dagger is paranormal romance and fantasy, about vampires, set in contemporary, emotional in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Black Dagger is 52 books across 5 series, 2005–2026.

“Come to Caldwell, New York, after dark, where the war has been running longer than the city has had a name.”
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Carpathian
The Wolves of Mercy Falls
Jerusalem's Lot
Vampire Academy Universe
Night Huntress
The Vampire Diaries
Fallen
Evernight Universe
Dark-Hunter

CarpathianSeries

seriesChristine Feehan48 books1999

Paranormal romance, emotional in tone, about vampires, set in contemporary and our world.

“Carpathian is Christine Feehan's long-running paranormal romance series about an ancient, near-immortal species who slowly lose color and feeling until they find a lifemate who restores both.”
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Start with Dark Prince →

The Wolves of Mercy FallsSeries

seriesMaggie Stiefvater4 books2009

“Set in the fictional town of Mercy Falls, Stiefvater has stated that the real town of Ely in Minnesota would be its closest neighbouring destination, with the two towns sharing a similar climate.”
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Start with Shiver →

Jerusalem's LotSeries

seriesStephen King3 books1975

Horror, eerie in tone.

“Stephen King's 1975 novel 'Salem's Lot follows writer Ben Mears as he returns to his childhood town of Jerusalem's Lot, Maine, only to discover that its residents are being turned into vampires by a newly arrived stranger.”
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Start with 'Salem's Lot →

Vampire Academy UniverseSeries

seriesRichelle Mead & Michelle Rowen19 books2007

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Night HuntressUniverse

universe53 books2007

Paranormal romance and urban fantasy, about vampires, set in contemporary and our world.

“You hit harder, heal faster, and the monsters that murdered half your family never see you coming.”
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The Vampire DiariesUniverse

universe29 books1991

“Around this core sit the companions — the Stefan's Diaries prequels reaching back to 1864, short fiction, and spin-offs like the Bennett Witch Chronicles that follow the town's witch bloodline.”
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FallenSeries

seriesLauren Kate7 books2009

About angels and reincarnation.

“Lauren Kate's Fallen opens with Luce Price, sent to a reform school in Savannah after a fire she can't explain, where she meets Daniel, a boy she is certain she has met before.”
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Start with Fallen →

Evernight UniverseSeries

seriesClaudia Gray7 books2008

Start with Balthazar →

Dark-HunterSeries

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

Paranormal romance, set in contemporary and our world.

“Kenyon began writing the series in 1986 in horror, fantasy and science fiction magazines.”
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Start with Fantasy Lover →

Why these

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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.

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What should I read after Black Dagger?: Carpathian — the closest match to Black Dagger on what it is about, not on what sells.
How big is Black Dagger?: Black Dagger is 52 books across 5 series, 2005–2026.

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