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Books like Dancing Jax: 9 series to read next

Dancing Jax is fantasy. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Dancing Jax is 3 books, 2011–2014.

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The Mortal Instruments
American Gods
House of Night
The Wolves of Mercy Falls
The World of Skulduggery Pleasant
Otherworld (Kelley Armstrong)
Heir Chronicles
His Dark Materials
Caster Chronicles / Beautiful Creatures Universe

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

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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 →

House of NightSeries

seriesKristin Cast & P. C. Cast20 books2007

Paranormal, about vampires, set in north america.

“Books in the series have been on the New York Times Best Seller list for 63 weeks and have sold over seven million copies in North America, and more than ten million books worldwide, in 39 countries.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Marked →

The Wolves of Mercy FallsSeries

seriesMaggie Stiefvater4 books2009

Paranormal romance, emotional in tone, about werewolves, set in north america.

“Set in the fictional town of Mercy Falls, Stiefvater has stated that the real town of Ely in Minnesota would be its closest neighbouring destination, with the two towns sharing a similar climate.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Shiver →

The World of Skulduggery PleasantSeries

seriesDerek Landy38 books2007

Dark fantasy and urban fantasy, adventurous in tone.

“None require following a separate ongoing plot of their own.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Across a Dark Plain →

Otherworld (Kelley Armstrong)Series

seriesKelley Armstrong & Seanan McGuire100 books1996

Paranormal and urban fantasy, set in north america.

“Each book tends to follow a different member of this hidden community while slowly building a shared, continuing world.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Paranormal Romance Blues →

Heir ChroniclesSeries

seriesCinda Williams Chima5 books2006

Urban fantasy, about wizards, set in north america.

“Cinda Williams Chima's Heir Chronicles begins with The Warrior Heir, in which sixteen-year-old Jack learns he has hidden magical, warrior ancestry and is drawn into training to fight enemy wizards he didn't know existed.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Warrior Heir →

His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

Adventurous in tone, set in parallel universe.

“In a world like ours and unlike it, every human soul walks outside the body in the shape of an animal — a daemon, who speaks, who cannot be lied to, and who settles into one fixed form only when childhood ends.”
from the catalogue description

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Caster Chronicles / Beautiful Creatures UniverseSeries

seriesKami Garcia & Margaret Stohl8 books2009

Set in north america.

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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 Dancing Jax?: The Mortal Instruments — the closest match to Dancing Jax on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Dancing Jax?: Dancing Jax. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Dancing Jax.
How big is Dancing Jax?: Dancing Jax is 3 books, 2011–2014.

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