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Books like Demon Trappers: 9 series to read next

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

Demon Trappers is 8 books, 2011–2021.

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The Mortal Instruments
The Legendborn Cycle
The Morganville Vampires
Anita Blake
Sandman Slim
The Hollows
Buffyverse
Otherworld (Kelley Armstrong)
The Dresden Files

The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse

universe70 books2007

Urban fantasy and 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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The Legendborn CycleSeries

seriesTracy Deonn3 books2020

Urban fantasy, tense in tone, set in contemporary and 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 →

The Morganville VampiresSeries

seriesRachel Caine40 books2006

About vampires, set in small town.

“The novels feature Claire Danvers, a student at Texas Prairie University, and her housemates in the vampire-controlled city of Morganville, Texas.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Glass Houses →

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 →

Sandman SlimSeries

seriesRichard Kadrey15 books2009

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

“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 →

The HollowsSeries

seriesKim Harrison39 books2004

About witches.

Start with The Turn →

BuffyverseUniverse

universe205 books1992

About vampires.

“Into every generation a Slayer is born: one girl in all the world with the strength to stand against the vampires, the demons, and the forces of darkness.”
from the catalogue description

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Otherworld (Kelley Armstrong)Series

seriesKelley Armstrong & Seanan McGuire100 books1996

Urban fantasy and paranormal, set in contemporary and 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 →

The Dresden FilesSeries

seriesJim Butcher & Mark Powers (comics)56 books2000

About wizards.

“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
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with A Fistful of Warlocks →

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 Demon Trappers?: The Mortal Instruments — the closest match to Demon Trappers on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Demon Trappers?: Forsaken. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Demon Trappers.
How big is Demon Trappers?: Demon Trappers is 8 books, 2011–2021.

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