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Books like Darkside: 9 series to read next

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

Darkside is 5 books, 2007–2010.

“Only the worst of the worst live here, and all too quickly Jonathan gets mixed up in a world full of murders, thieves, a werewolf and a vampire.”
from the catalogue description of Darkside

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The Mortal Instruments
Anita Blake
The Dresden Files
Shades of London
Otherworld (Kelley Armstrong)
Lockwood & Co.
Other
The Curse Workers
Guardians Universe

The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse

universe70 books2007

Fantasy and urban fantasy, set in contemporary.

“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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Anita BlakeSeries

seriesLaurell K. Hamilton & Jonathon Green42 books1993

Set in north america.

“The books have sold more than six million copies; many have made The New York Times Best Seller list.”
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Start with Guilty Pleasures →

The Dresden FilesSeries

seriesJim Butcher & Mark Powers (comics)56 books2000

About wizards, set in north america.

“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.”
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Start with A Fistful of Warlocks →

Shades of LondonSeries

seriesMaureen Johnson4 books2011

Ghost stories.

Start with The Boy in the Smoke →

Otherworld (Kelley Armstrong)Series

seriesKelley Armstrong & Seanan McGuire100 books1996

Set in north america and our world.

“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 →

Lockwood & Co.Series

seriesJonathan Stroud6 books2013

Ghost stories, eerie in tone, about monster hunting and friendship.

Start with The Screaming Staircase →

OtherSeries

seriesKaren Kincy3 books2010

About identity and shapeshifters, set in our world.

Start with Other →

The Curse WorkersSeries

seriesHolly Black3 books2010

About family secrets and organized crime, set in north america and our world.

“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 →

Guardians UniverseSeries

seriesKeri Arthur17 books2006

Urban fantasy, tense in tone, about vampires and werewolves, set in contemporary.

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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 Darkside?: The Mortal Instruments — the closest match to Darkside on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Darkside?: Darkside. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Darkside.
How big is Darkside?: Darkside is 5 books, 2007–2010.

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