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Books like Dragonfire: 9 series to read next

Dragonfire is paranormal romance and fantasy, about shapeshifters, set in our world, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Dragonfire is 24 books across 4 series, 2008–2023.

“Strike a match against the dark and a dragon answers.”
from the catalogue description

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His Dark Materials
The World of Skulduggery Pleasant
Switchers
Alfred Kropp
The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel
Vampire Academy Universe
Young Wizards
Feral (Cynthia Leitich Smith)
Night Huntress

His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

Set in parallel universe.

“In a world like ours and unlike it, every human soul walks outside the body in the shape of an animal — a daemon, who speaks, who cannot be lied to, and who settles into one fixed form only when childhood ends.”
from the catalogue description

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The World of Skulduggery PleasantSeries

seriesDerek Landy38 books2007

Dark fantasy.

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

Start with Across a Dark Plain →

SwitchersSeries

seriesKate Thompson3 books1997

Set in british isles.

“Kate Thompson's Switchers trilogy follows Tess, a Dublin teenager who can shapeshift into any animal but will lose the power forever on her fifteenth birthday.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Switchers →

Alfred KroppSeries

seriesRick Yancey3 books2005

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about coming of age and magical artifacts, set in contemporary and our world.

“Rick Yancey's Alfred Kropp trilogy follows the teenage title character through three young-adult fantasy-adventure novels.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp →

The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas FlamelSeries

seriesMichael Scott15 books2007

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about immortality and wizards, set in contemporary and our world.

“The first book in the series, The Alchemyst, was released in 2007, and the sequels were released at the rate of one per year, concluding with The Enchantress in 2012.”
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Start with The Alchemyst →

Vampire Academy UniverseSeries

seriesRichelle Mead & Michelle Rowen19 books2007

About vampires.

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Young WizardsSeries

seriesDiane Duane24 books1983

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about coming of age and wizards, set in contemporary and our world.

“Across fifteen books published between 1983 and 2019, the two age forward in something close to real time as their missions escalate from New York streets to alien worlds and beyond.”
from the catalogue description

Start with So You Want to Be a Wizard →

Feral (Cynthia Leitich Smith)Series

seriesCynthia Leitich Smith3 books2013

Paranormal.

“When sexy, free-spirited werecat Yoshi tracks his sister, Ruby, to Austin, he discovers that she is not only MIA, but also the key suspect in a murder investigation.”
from the catalogue description of Feral Nights

Start with Feral Nights →

Night HuntressUniverse

universe53 books2007

About vampires.

“You hit harder, heal faster, and the monsters that murdered half your family never see you coming.”
from the catalogue description

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Why these

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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.

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What should I read after Dragonfire?: His Dark Materials — the closest match to Dragonfire on what it is about, not on what sells.
How big is Dragonfire?: Dragonfire is 24 books across 4 series, 2008–2023.

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