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Books like City Quartet: 9 series to read next

City Quartet is urban fantasy, set in contemporary. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

City Quartet is 4 books, 2010–2019.

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de Lint Master Mythos
American Gods
The Mortal Instruments
October Daye
London Below
Chronicles of the Borderlands
The Curse Workers
Hidden Cities
Harper Blaine / Greywalker

de Lint Master MythosUniverse

universe151 books1977

Urban fantasy, set in contemporary.

“Newford you find by ear — a fiddle tune drifting up from a subway grate, a story a friend swears is true, the particular hush of an alley where the streetlight never quite reaches.”
from the catalogue description

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American GodsSeries

seriesNeil Gaiman10 books1999

Fantasy and 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 →

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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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 →

London BelowSeries

seriesNeil Gaiman5 books1996

Fantasy, about transported to another world, set in british isles and underground & caves.

“Most notable is the appearance of the Floating Market at Harrods rather than under Battersea power station.”
from the catalogue description of Neverwhere

Start with Neverwhere →

Chronicles of the BorderlandsSeries

seriesEllen Kushner, Terri Windling, Will Shetterly, Charles de Lint, Emma Bull, Midori Snyder, Delia Sherman, Holly Black, Mark Alan Arnold, Michael Korolenko, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Annette Curtis Klause, Caroline Stevermer, Cassandra Clare, Catherynne M. Valente, Christopher Barzak, Cory Doctorow, Craig Shaw Gardner, Donnárd Sturgis, Elisabeth Kushner, Ellen Steiber, Felicity Savage, Global News Service, Janni Lee Simner, Kara Dalkey, Micole Sudberg, Nalo Hopkinson, Patricia A. McKillip, Sara Ryan, Steven Brust, Steven R. Boyett & Tim Pratt59 books1986

Fantasy.

“Stories follow different runaways, musicians and misfits who wash up there rather than one continuing cast or plot.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Borderland →

The Curse WorkersSeries

seriesHolly Black3 books2010

Fantasy, tense in tone, about organized crime.

“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 →

Hidden CitiesSeries

seriesChristopher Golden & Tim Lebbon4 books2008

Urban fantasy, set in contemporary and big city.

Start with Mind the Gap →

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 City Quartet?: de Lint Master Mythos — the closest match to City Quartet on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with City Quartet?: Trajan's Arch. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for City Quartet.
How big is City Quartet?: City Quartet is 4 books, 2010–2019.

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