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Books like Bookburners: 9 series to read next

Bookburners is urban fantasy and fantasy, set in our world and contemporary. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Bookburners is 35 books across 5 series, 2015–2018.

“Behind a locked door in the Vatican, the Societas Librorum Occultorum keeps the ones that don't — grimoires that bite back, texts that open a demon a crack wider with every page turned.”
from the catalogue description

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The Demon's Lexicon
The Great Cities
Magic Ex Libris
The Dresden Files
Key Trilogy
The Mortal Instruments
Heir Chronicles
The Legendborn Cycle
Mercy Thompson

The Demon's LexiconSeries

seriesSarah Rees Brennan3 books2009

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The Great CitiesSeries

seriesN. K. Jemisin3 books2016

Set in north america.

“N. K. Jemisin's Great Cities duology imagines that great cities can awaken as living, sentient avatars defending themselves against extradimensional threats.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The City We Became →

Magic Ex LibrisSeries

seriesJim C. Hines8 books2009

Set in north america.

“A key theme of the novel is the power of literature and knowledge.”
from the catalogue description of Libriomancer

Start with Libriomancer →

The Dresden FilesSeries

seriesJim Butcher & Mark Powers (comics)56 books2000

About wizards, set in north america.

“The novels are narrated from the first-person perspective of Harry Dresden, a private detective and wizard, as he investigates supernatural disturbances in contemporary Chicago.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with A Fistful of Warlocks →

Key TrilogySeries

seriesNora Roberts3 books2003

About quests.

“Nora Roberts's Key Trilogy follows three modern women recruited to recover a set of lost keys that can free the trapped souls of three demigoddesses, opening with Key of Light.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Key of Light →

The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse

universe70 books2007

“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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Heir ChroniclesSeries

seriesCinda Williams Chima5 books2006

About wizards, set in north america.

“Cinda Williams Chima's Heir Chronicles begins with The Warrior Heir, in which sixteen-year-old Jack learns he has hidden magical, warrior ancestry and is drawn into training to fight enemy wizards he didn't know existed.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Warrior Heir →

The Legendborn CycleSeries

seriesTracy Deonn3 books2020

Set in north america.

“Tracy Deonn's Legendborn Cycle follows Bree Matthews, a Black teenager who enrolls in an early-college program and stumbles into a secret society descended from Arthurian legend operating alongside her North Carolina campus.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Legendborn →

Mercy ThompsonUniverse

universe45 books2006

About werewolves, set in north america.

“Patricia Briggs builds this world across two interlocking series.”
from the catalogue description

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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 Bookburners?: The Demon's Lexicon — the closest match to Bookburners on what it is about, not on what sells.
How big is Bookburners?: Bookburners is 35 books across 5 series, 2015–2018.

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