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Books like Brooklyn Shadows: 9 series to read next

Brooklyn Shadows is urban fantasy and paranormal, set in contemporary and big city. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Brooklyn Shadows is 3 books, 2011–2015.

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The Curse Workers
666 Park Avenue
Magic Ex Libris
The Legendborn Cycle
Anita Blake
The President's Vampire / Nathaniel Cade
The Skyscraper Throne
Dante Valentine
Alchemy of Secrets

The Curse WorkersSeries

seriesHolly Black3 books2010

Fantasy, 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 →

666 Park AvenueSeries

seriesGabriella Pierce3 books2011

About witches.

Start with 666 Park Avenue →

Magic Ex LibrisSeries

seriesJim C. Hines8 books2009

About books and reading.

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

Start with Libriomancer →

The Legendborn CycleSeries

seriesTracy Deonn3 books2020

“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 →

Anita BlakeSeries

seriesLaurell K. Hamilton & Jonathon Green42 books1993

Urban fantasy, tense and dark in tone, about vampires, set in contemporary and north america.

“The books have sold more than six million copies; many have made The New York Times Best Seller list.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Guilty Pleasures →

The President's Vampire / Nathaniel CadeSeries

seriesChristopher Farnsworth4 books2010

Thriller & suspense, about political intrigue.

Start with Blood Oath →

The Skyscraper ThroneSeries

seriesTom Pollock3 books2012

Set in british isles.

Start with The City's Son →

Dante ValentineSeries

seriesLilith Saintcrow6 books2006

About demons.

“Working for the Devil opens Lilith Saintcrow's Dante Valentine series with Dante, a necromancer-for-hire who reluctantly takes a job from the Devil himself: kill a rogue demon, Vardimal Santino, in exchange for her life.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Working for the Devil →

Alchemy of SecretsSeries

seriesStephanie Garber1 book2025

Fantasy and mystery & detective, mysterious 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 →

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 Brooklyn Shadows?: The Curse Workers — the closest match to Brooklyn Shadows on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Brooklyn Shadows?: Shrouds of Darkness. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Brooklyn Shadows.
How big is Brooklyn Shadows?: Brooklyn Shadows is 3 books, 2011–2015.

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