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Books like Emma Donahoe: 9 series to read next

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

Emma Donahoe is 9 books, 2006–2016.

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Dark Heavens milieu
The Dresden Files
The Hollows
The Great Cities
The Iron Druid Chronicles
Athanor
Cassandra Palmer
Heir Chronicles
Mercy Thompson

Dark Heavens milieuSeries

seriesKylie Chan13 books2006

Urban fantasy, set in contemporary.

Start with The Gravity Engine →

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.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with A Fistful of Warlocks →

The HollowsSeries

seriesKim Harrison39 books2004

About witches, set in north america.

Start with The Turn →

The Great CitiesSeries

seriesN. K. Jemisin3 books2016

Set in north america.

“N. K. Jemisin's Great Cities duology imagines that great cities can awaken as living, sentient avatars defending themselves against extradimensional threats.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The City We Became →

The Iron Druid ChroniclesSeries

seriesKevin Hearne70 books2011

Urban fantasy, set in contemporary.

“All the books, including short stories, have recorded audiobooks narrated by Luke Daniels and Christopher Ragland”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Chapel Perilous →

AthanorSeries

seriesJane Lindskold3 books1998

Urban fantasy and fantasy, about shapeshifters, set in contemporary and our world.

“As the millennium approaches, King Arthur strives with technology and high magic to protect his immortal subjects from human discovery.”
from the catalogue description of Changer

Start with Changer →

Cassandra PalmerUniverse

universe40 books2006

Urban fantasy, set in contemporary and our world.

“Cassie Palmer sees dead people, reads the future, and was raised by vampires who'd have sold her to the highest bidder — and that's before the job offer.”
from the catalogue description

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Heir ChroniclesSeries

seriesCinda Williams Chima5 books2006

About wizards, set in north america.

“Cinda Williams Chima's Heir Chronicles begins with The Warrior Heir, in which sixteen-year-old Jack learns he has hidden magical, warrior ancestry and is drawn into training to fight enemy wizards he didn't know existed.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Warrior Heir →

Mercy ThompsonUniverse

universe45 books2006

About werewolves, set in north america.

“Patricia Briggs builds this world across two interlocking series.”
from the catalogue description

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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 Emma Donahoe?: Dark Heavens milieu — the closest match to Emma Donahoe on what it is about, not on what sells.
How big is Emma Donahoe?: Emma Donahoe is 9 books, 2006–2016.

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