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Books like Dante Valentine: 9 series to read next

Dante Valentine is urban fantasy, about demons, set in contemporary, dark and tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Dante Valentine is 6 books, 2006–2008.

“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

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Anita Blake
Felix Castor
Sandman Slim
Cal Leandros
The Jeremiah Hunt Chronicles
Meredith Gentry
The Curse Workers
Fever Universe
The Legendborn Cycle

Anita BlakeSeries

seriesLaurell K. Hamilton & Jonathon Green42 books1993

About vampires, set in north america.

“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 →

Felix CastorSeries

seriesMike Carey7 books2006

Set in british isles.

“Mike Carey's Felix Castor novels follow a freelance exorcist working London's supernatural underside, taking paying jobs to banish ghosts and bind demons in a city where the dead don't always stay quiet.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Devil You Know →

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 →

Cal LeandrosSeries

seriesRob Thurman13 books2006

Urban fantasy, dark and tense in tone, set in contemporary and big city.

“There's a troll under the Brooklyn Bridge, a boggle in Central Park, and a beautiful vampire in a penthouse on the Upper East Side-and that's only the beginning.”
from the catalogue description of Nightlife
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Start with Nightlife →

The Jeremiah Hunt ChroniclesSeries

seriesJoseph Nassise3 books2011

Set in 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 →

Meredith GentrySeries

seriesLaurell K. Hamilton10 books2000

About fae and political intrigue.

“The first book in the series, A Kiss of Shadows, was released by Del Rey on October 3, 2000.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with A Kiss of Shadows →

The Curse WorkersSeries

seriesHolly Black3 books2010

About family secrets and curses, set in north america.

“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 →

Fever UniverseSeries

seriesKaren Marie Moning11 books2006

About fae.

Reading order →

The Legendborn CycleSeries

seriesTracy Deonn3 books2020

Set in north america.

“Tracy Deonn's Legendborn Cycle follows Bree Matthews, a Black teenager who enrolls in an early-college program and stumbles into a secret society descended from Arthurian legend operating alongside her North Carolina campus.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Legendborn →

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 Dante Valentine?: Anita Blake — the closest match to Dante Valentine on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Dante Valentine?: Working for the Devil. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Dante Valentine.
How big is Dante Valentine?: Dante Valentine is 6 books, 2006–2008.

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