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Books like Black Dagger Legacy: 9 series to read next

Black Dagger Legacy 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 Legacy is 4 books, 2015–2019.

“Paradise, blooded daughter of the king’s First Advisor, is ready to break free from the restrictive life of an aristocratic female.”
from the catalogue description of Blood Kiss

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Carpathian
The Four Horsemen (Laura Thalassa)
Evernight Universe
Vampire Academy Universe
The Vampire Chronicles
Twilight / Wings in the Night
Dark-Hunter
The Midnight Breed
Night Huntress

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.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Dark Prince →

The Four Horsemen (Laura Thalassa)Series

seriesLaura Thalassa4 books2018

About gods.

“Four horsemen with the power to destroy all of humanity.”
from the catalogue description of Pestilence

Start with Pestilence →

Evernight UniverseSeries

seriesClaudia Gray7 books2008

Tense in tone.

Start with Balthazar →

Vampire Academy UniverseSeries

seriesRichelle Mead & Michelle Rowen19 books2007

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The Vampire ChroniclesSeries

seriesAnne Rice15 books1976

Horror and gothic, about immortality.

“Based on a short story Rice wrote around 1968, the novel centers on vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac, who tells the story of his life to a reporter.”
from the catalogue description of Interview with the Vampire
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Start with Interview with the Vampire →

Twilight / Wings in the NightSeries

seriesMaggie Shayne22 books1993

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

“Beginning with Twilight Phantasies in 1993, the series predates and helped establish the modern vampire-romance genre well before the paranormal romance boom of the 2000s.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Twilight Phantasies →

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 →

The Midnight BreedSeries

seriesLara Adrian29 books2007

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

“Lara Adrian's long-running paranormal romance series, beginning with Kiss of Midnight, follows different Breed warriors and their human partners across twenty-five novels.”
from the catalogue description

Start with A Touch of Midnight →

Night HuntressUniverse

universe53 books2007

Urban fantasy.

“You hit harder, heal faster, and the monsters that murdered half your family never see you coming.”
from the catalogue description

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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 Legacy?: Carpathian — the closest match to Black Dagger Legacy on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Black Dagger Legacy?: Blood Kiss. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Black Dagger Legacy.
How big is Black Dagger Legacy?: Black Dagger Legacy is 4 books, 2015–2019.

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