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Books like Desolation: 9 series to read next

Desolation is set in contemporary and our world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Desolation is 3 books, 2011–2012.

“Sixteen-year old Desolation Black wants nothing more than to stay in Hell where it's cold and lonely and totally predictable.”
from the catalogue description of Become

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Dark-Hunter
Karou
Immortal Beloved
The World of Skulduggery Pleasant
Sweep / Wicca (UK)
Modern Tale of Faerie
The Mortal Instruments
Wicked Lovely
The Legendborn Cycle

Dark-HunterSeries

seriesSherrilyn Kenyon, Alethea Kontis, Carol Shaughnessy & Madaug Kenyon65 books2000

Paranormal romance.

“Kenyon began writing the series in 1986 in horror, fantasy and science fiction magazines.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Fantasy Lover →

KarouSeries

seriesLaini Taylor4 books2011

Set in secondary world.

“From copyright page: Seventeen year old Karou, a lovely, enigmatic art student in a Prague boarding school, carries a sketchbook of hideous, frightening monsters - the chimerae who form the only family she has ever known.”
from the catalogue description of Daughter of Smoke & Bone
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Start with Daughter of Smoke & Bone →

Immortal BelovedSeries

seriesCate Tiernan3 books2010

About immortality.

“Cate Tiernan's Immortal Beloved follows Nastasya, an immortal who has restarted her life more times than she can count and is tired of her aimless party-girl existence.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Immortal Beloved →

The World of Skulduggery PleasantSeries

seriesDerek Landy38 books2007

Dark fantasy, adventurous in tone.

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

Start with Across a Dark Plain →

Sweep / Wicca (UK)Series

seriesCate Tiernan15 books2001

About witches.

“Morgan and her best friend, Bree, are introduced to Wicca when a gorgeous senior named Cal invites them to join his new coven.”
from the catalogue description of Book of Shadows

Start with Book of Shadows →

Modern Tale of FaerieSeries

seriesHolly Black4 books2002

About fae.

Start with Tithe →

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

Reading order →

Wicked LovelySeries

seriesMelissa Marr17 books2007

About fae.

“Later books widen out to other faerie courts and other narrators drawn into the same modern-day faerie politics layered invisibly over ordinary life.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Cold Iron Heart →

The Legendborn CycleSeries

seriesTracy Deonn3 books2020

Tense in tone, 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 Desolation?: Dark-Hunter — the closest match to Desolation on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Desolation?: Become. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Desolation.
How big is Desolation?: Desolation is 3 books, 2011–2012.

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