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Books like Desolation Universe: 9 series to read next

Desolation Universe is 7 books, 2011–2014.

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Karou
The Mortal Instruments
Dark-Hunter
The Vampire Diaries
The World of Skulduggery Pleasant
Wicked Lovely
Immortal Beloved
Sweep / Wicca (UK)
The Vampire Chronicles

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 →

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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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 →

The Vampire DiariesUniverse

universe29 books1991

Paranormal, about vampires.

“Around this core sit the companions — the Stefan's Diaries prequels reaching back to 1864, short fiction, and spin-offs like the Bennett Witch Chronicles that follow the town's witch bloodline.”
from the catalogue description

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The World of Skulduggery PleasantSeries

seriesDerek Landy38 books2007

Adventurous in tone.

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

Start with Across a Dark Plain →

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 →

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 →

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 →

The Vampire ChroniclesSeries

seriesAnne Rice15 books1976

Horror and gothic, about vampires and immortality.

“Based on a short story Rice wrote around 1968, the novel centers on vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac, who tells the story of his life to a reporter.”
from the catalogue description of Interview with the Vampire
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Start with Interview with the Vampire →

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What should I read after Desolation Universe?: Karou — the closest match to Desolation Universe on what it is about, not on what sells.
How big is Desolation Universe?: Desolation Universe is 7 books, 2011–2014.

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