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Books like Celestial Blues: 9 series to read next

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

Celestial Blues is 3 books, 2012–2014.

“Griffin Shaw used to be a PI, but that was back when gumshoes hoofed the streets . . . and he was still alive.”
from the catalogue description of The Taken

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October Daye
Rivers of London
The Dresden Files
Anita Blake
Black Dragon
The Mortal Instruments
Remy Chandler
Cainsville
Harper Blaine / Greywalker

October DayeSeries

seriesSeanan McGuire42 books2009

About fae.

“Young October had to make important decisions about her future.”
from the catalogue description of Strangers in Court
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Start with Strangers in Court →

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
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Start with Rivers of London →

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
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Start with A Fistful of Warlocks →

Anita BlakeSeries

seriesLaurell K. Hamilton & Jonathon Green42 books1993

Dark in tone, about vampires.

“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 →

Black DragonSeries

seriesR. A. MacAvoy2 books1983

Fantasy, about dragons and friendship.

Start with Tea with the Black Dragon →

The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse

universe70 books2007

Fantasy.

“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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Remy ChandlerSeries

seriesThomas E. Sniegoski9 books2008

Urban fantasy, set in contemporary and our world.

“Generations ago, angel Remiel chose to renounce heaven and live on Earth.”
from the catalogue description of A Kiss Before the Apocalypse

Start with A Kiss Before the Apocalypse →

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 →

Harper Blaine / GreywalkerSeries

seriesKat Richardson11 books2006

Urban fantasy, set in contemporary and north america.

“Following a savage, near-fatal attack, private detective Harper Blaine discovers that she has become a Greywalker, and now has the ability to move between the ordinary world and a mysterious, cross-over zone populated by monsters.”
from the catalogue description of Greywalker

Start with Greywalker →

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 Celestial Blues?: October Daye — the closest match to Celestial Blues on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Celestial Blues?: The Taken. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Celestial Blues.
How big is Celestial Blues?: Celestial Blues is 3 books, 2012–2014.

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