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Books like Buffy: The Next Generation: 9 series to read next

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

Buffy: The Next Generation is 3 books, 2022–2024.

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Medusa Girls
The Mortal Instruments
The Legendborn Cycle
Otherworld (Kelley Armstrong)
The Morganville Vampires
The Dresden Files
Need
Midnighters
Billi SanGreal

Medusa GirlsSeries

seriesTera Lynn Childs10 books2011

Urban fantasy, adventurous in tone, set in contemporary and our world.

“Three modern teenage girls meet and find out that they are descendants of Medusa, destined to fight monsters.”
from the catalogue description of Sweet Venom

Start with Sweet Venom →

The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse

universe70 books2007

Urban fantasy and fantasy, set in contemporary.

“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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The Legendborn CycleSeries

seriesTracy Deonn3 books2020

Urban fantasy, tense in tone, set in contemporary and 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 →

Otherworld (Kelley Armstrong)Series

seriesKelley Armstrong & Seanan McGuire100 books1996

Urban fantasy and paranormal, set in contemporary and our world.

“Each book tends to follow a different member of this hidden community while slowly building a shared, continuing world.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Paranormal Romance Blues →

The Morganville VampiresSeries

seriesRachel Caine40 books2006

About vampires, set in small town.

“The novels feature Claire Danvers, a student at Texas Prairie University, and her housemates in the vampire-controlled city of Morganville, Texas.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Glass Houses →

The Dresden FilesSeries

seriesJim Butcher & Mark Powers (comics)56 books2000

About wizards.

“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 →

NeedSeries

seriesCarrie Jones4 books2009

About fae.

“The focus of the story is a teenage girl named Zara, who joins a struggle against a society of malicious pixies.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Need →

MidnightersSeries

seriesScott Westerfeld3 books2004

Science fiction, about psychic powers.

“Over the course of the trilogy, Jessica encounters other Midnighters with whom she allies herself.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Secret Hour →

Billi SanGrealSeries

seriesSarwat Chadda2 books2009

Urban fantasy, about coming of age, set in contemporary and our world.

“Fifteen-year-old Billi SanGreal never meant to make history.”
from the catalogue description of Devil's Kiss

Start with Devil's Kiss →

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 Buffy: The Next Generation?: Medusa Girls — the closest match to Buffy: The Next Generation on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Buffy: The Next Generation?: In Every Generation. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Buffy: The Next Generation.
How big is Buffy: The Next Generation?: Buffy: The Next Generation is 3 books, 2022–2024.

Books like Buffy: The Next Generation: 9 series to read next

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