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Books like Burned Man: 9 series to read next

Burned Man is 3 books, 2016–2017.

The Mortal Instruments
Dante Valentine
Sandman Slim
Shannara
Alex Stern
The Legendborn Cycle
American Gods
Stephen King multiverse
The Dresden Files

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.”
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Dante ValentineSeries

seriesLilith Saintcrow6 books2006

Urban fantasy, dark and tense in tone, about demons, set in contemporary.

“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.”
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Start with Working for the Devil →

Sandman SlimSeries

seriesRichard Kadrey15 books2009

Urban fantasy, dark in tone, set in contemporary and big city.

“Richard Kadrey's Sandman Slim follows James Stark, a magician who spent eleven years trapped fighting in Hell before escaping back to a Los Angeles that isn't much friendlier, looking for revenge against the circle that sent him there.”
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Start with Sandman Slim →

ShannaraUniverse

universe50 books1977

Epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Long after the world we know has burned itself to slag in the Great Wars, the Four Lands rise green over the bones of the old age.”
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Alex SternSeries

seriesLeigh Bardugo4 books2019

Urban fantasy and dark fantasy, set in contemporary and big city.

“The opening novel, Ninth House, establishes her as an outsider gifted with the ability to see ghosts; the sequels continue her investigation into the societies' abuses and the murder that first drew her into Lethe's world.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Ninth House →

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.”
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Start with Legendborn →

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 →

Stephen King multiverseUniverse

universe46 books1967

Dark in tone.

“The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Gunslinger →

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.”
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Start with A Fistful of Warlocks →

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What should I read after Burned Man?: The Mortal Instruments — the closest match to Burned Man on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Burned Man?: Drake. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Burned Man.
How big is Burned Man?: Burned Man is 3 books, 2016–2017.

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