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Books like Black Dragon: 9 series to read next

Black Dragon is fantasy and urban fantasy, about dragons, set in our world, mysterious in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Black Dragon is 2 books, 1983–1986.

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Rivers of London
Alchemy of Secrets
Secret Series
Menagerie (Tui and Kari Sutherland)
American Gods
Becca King
Cainsville
The Curse Workers
Robert Langdon

Rivers of LondonSeries

seriesBen Aaronovitch32 books2011

Set in british isles.

“The author Ben Aaronovitch has subsequently written nine books in the Peter Grant Series, plus accompanying novellas, short stories, comics and graphic novels.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Rivers of London →

Alchemy of SecretsSeries

seriesStephanie Garber1 book2025

Tense in tone, about magical artifacts.

“Pulled into a hidden magical Los Angeles alongside a stranger who claims her missing sister sent him to protect her, Holland has to work out who is lying to her before the clock runs out.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Alchemy of Secrets →

Secret SeriesSeries

seriesPseudonymous Bosch5 books2007

Start with The Name of This Book Is Secret →

Menagerie (Tui and Kari Sutherland)Series

seriesKari Sutherland & Tui T. Sutherland3 books2013

“Logan Wilde is accidentally drawn into the mysterious, dangerous world of the Menagerie when he discovers a griffin hiding under his bed . . . and it leads him straight to the weirdest girl in seventh grade, Zoe Kahn.”
from the catalogue description of The Menagerie

Start with The Menagerie →

American GodsSeries

seriesNeil Gaiman10 books1999

Mythic fantasy, about gods.

“Gaiman's 2005 novel Anansi Boys is set in the same mythological world and shares the trickster god Mr. Nancy, but follows a different protagonist and story, making it a loose companion rather than a direct sequel.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Keepsakes and Treasures: A Love Story →

Becca KingSeries

seriesElizabeth George4 books2012

“Whidbey Island may be only a ferry ride from Seattle, but it’s a world apart.”
from the catalogue description of The Edge of Nowhere

Start with The Edge of Nowhere →

CainsvilleSeries

seriesKelley Armstrong21 books2011

About family secrets.

“After learning that she is the daughter of accused serial killers Todd and Pamela Larsen, privileged 24-year-old Olivia Taylor ends up in the small town of Cainsville, Illinois, to prove her birthparents' innocence.”
from the catalogue description of Omens

Start with Omens →

The Curse WorkersSeries

seriesHolly Black3 books2010

Tense in tone, about family secrets and curses.

“Holly Black's Curse Workers trilogy is set in an alternate America where 'curse work' — magic that harms or transforms through touch — is illegal, enforced through gloves and Prohibition-era-style crime families.”
from the catalogue description

Start with White Cat →

Robert LangdonSeries

seriesDan Brown6 books2000

Thriller & suspense, tense in tone, about faith and religion, set in europe.

“The Robert Langdon novel series is named after Robert Langdon, the protagonist of the novels by American author Dan Brown.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Angels & Demons →

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 Black Dragon?: Rivers of London — the closest match to Black Dragon on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Black Dragon?: Tea with the Black Dragon. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Black Dragon.
How big is Black Dragon?: Black Dragon is 2 books, 1983–1986.

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