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Books like Cereus: 9 series to read next

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

Cereus is 11 books, 2011–2013.

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Rats: Tori
Shifting Circle
Birthright (Cate Tiernan)
Watersong
Watership Down
Dark Seas
Mercy Thompson
Halo (Alexandra Adornetto)
The Mortal Instruments

Rats: ToriSeries

seriesLaura Greenwood4 books2018

Fantasy and paranormal, emotional in tone, about shapeshifters and found family, set in our world and contemporary.

Start with Ruler of Rats →

Shifting CircleSeries

seriesSharon Shinn3 books2012

Romance.

“For 15 years Maria Devane has been desperately, passionately in love with Dante Romano.”
from the catalogue description of The Shape of Desire

Start with The Shape of Desire →

Birthright (Cate Tiernan)Series

seriesCate Tiernan1 book2014

About identity and family secrets.

Start with Darkest Fear →

WatersongSeries

seriesAmanda Hocking5 books2012

“Strangers in town for the summer, Penn, Lexi and Thea have caught everyone's attention—but it’s Gemma who’s attracted theirs.”
from the catalogue description of Wake
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Start with Wake →

Watership DownSeries

seriesRichard Adams21 books1972

Adventurous in tone, about survival and quests, set in countryside & village.

“Adams returned to the same world in 1996 with Tales from Watership Down, a collection of nineteen short stories mixing rabbit folklore with further adventures of characters from the novel.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Watership Down →

Dark SeasSeries

seriesDebbie Herbert3 books2013

Paranormal romance, about forbidden love, set in north america.

“Shelly Connors's worlds -- on land and in the sea -- are turned upside down when an evening swim turns into a nightmare.”
from the catalogue description of Siren's Secret

Start with Siren's Secret →

Mercy ThompsonUniverse

universe45 books2006

Urban fantasy, set in north america.

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

Reading order →

Halo (Alexandra Adornetto)Series

seriesAlexandra Adornetto3 books2010

Paranormal romance, about angels and forbidden love.

“Alexandra Adornetto's Halo trilogy follows three angels sent to a small American town to counter a rising darkness, centered on Bethany, the youngest of them, who falls in love with a mortal boy despite the assignment's rules.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Halo →

The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse

universe70 books2007

Urban 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

Reading order →

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 Cereus?: Rats: Tori — the closest match to Cereus on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Cereus?: The Building. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Cereus.
How big is Cereus?: Cereus is 11 books, 2011–2013.

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