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Books like Codex of Souls: 9 series to read next

Codex of Souls 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.

Codex of Souls is 2 books, from 2009.

“What he discovers instead is dark magick of an ancient and destructive kind.”
from the catalogue description of Lightbreaker

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Sandman Slim
Alex Stern
The Dresden Files
Dante Valentine
Anita Blake
The Jeremiah Hunt Chronicles
Fever Universe
Jill Kismet
Shannara

Sandman SlimSeries

seriesRichard Kadrey15 books2009

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

“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.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Sandman Slim →

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 Dresden FilesSeries

seriesJim Butcher & Mark Powers (comics)56 books2000

“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 →

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.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Working for the Devil →

Anita BlakeSeries

seriesLaurell K. Hamilton & Jonathon Green42 books1993

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
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Guilty Pleasures →

The Jeremiah Hunt ChroniclesSeries

seriesJoseph Nassise3 books2011

Urban fantasy, dark and tense in tone, set in contemporary and north america.

“Desperate to reclaim what he has lost, Hunt finally turns to the supernatural for justice.”
from the catalogue description of Eyes to See

Start with Eyes to See →

Fever UniverseSeries

seriesKaren Marie Moning11 books2006

About fae.

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Jill KismetSeries

seriesLilith Saintcrow8 books2008

About monster hunting.

Start with Night Shift →

ShannaraUniverse

universe50 books1977

Epic fantasy and 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.”
from the catalogue description

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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 Codex of Souls?: Sandman Slim — the closest match to Codex of Souls on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Codex of Souls?: Lightbreaker. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Codex of Souls.
How big is Codex of Souls?: Codex of Souls is 2 books, from 2009.

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