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Books like Fated Blades: 9 series to read next

Fated Blades is set in east asia. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Fated Blades is 5 books, 2012–2015.

“Investigating the theft of an old samurai sword forged by a legendary smith who infused the weapon with magical powers, Tokyo police officer Mariko Oshiro finds herself threatened by the power of the blade in unexpected ways.”
from the catalogue description of Daughter of the Sword

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The Dresden Files
The Curse Workers
Rivers of London
The Mortal Instruments
Alchemy of Secrets
Henry Fitzroy
Nikki Delany
The Cosa Nostradamus
Dante Valentine

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 Curse WorkersSeries

seriesHolly Black3 books2010

About family secrets, set in north america.

“Holly Black's Curse Workers trilogy is set in an alternate America where 'curse work' — magic that harms or transforms through touch — is illegal, enforced through gloves and Prohibition-era-style crime families.”
from the catalogue description

Start with White Cat →

Rivers of LondonSeries

seriesBen Aaronovitch32 books2011

Set in british isles.

“The author Ben Aaronovitch has subsequently written nine books in the Peter Grant Series, plus accompanying novellas, short stories, comics and graphic novels.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Rivers of London →

The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse

universe70 books2007

“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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Alchemy of SecretsSeries

seriesStephanie Garber1 book2025

Set in north america.

“Pulled into a hidden magical Los Angeles alongside a stranger who claims her missing sister sent him to protect her, Holland has to work out who is lying to her before the clock runs out.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Alchemy of Secrets →

Henry FitzroySeries

seriesTanya Huff29 books1991

About vampires, set in north america.

“Henry Fitzroy, bastard son of Henry VIII and Vampire foils a spy's plan to betray England to Napoleon's forces.”
from the catalogue description of What Manner of Man

Start with What Manner of Man →

Nikki DelanySeries

seriesWen Spencer1 book2013

About gods.

Start with Eight Million Gods →

The Cosa NostradamusSeries

seriesLaura Anne Gilman24 books2004

Urban fantasy, set in contemporary.

Start with Dusted →

Dante ValentineSeries

seriesLilith Saintcrow6 books2006

Urban fantasy, tense and dark in tone, about demons, set in contemporary.

“Working for the Devil opens Lilith Saintcrow's Dante Valentine series with Dante, a necromancer-for-hire who reluctantly takes a job from the Devil himself: kill a rogue demon, Vardimal Santino, in exchange for her life.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Working for the Devil →

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 Fated Blades?: The Dresden Files — the closest match to Fated Blades on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Fated Blades?: Daughter of the Sword. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Fated Blades.
How big is Fated Blades?: Fated Blades is 5 books, 2012–2015.

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