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Books like For the Purely Divine: 9 series to read next

For the Purely Divine is set in contemporary. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

For the Purely Divine is 2 books, from 2020.

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Young Wizards
Otherworld (Kelley Armstrong)
House of Night
The Mortal Instruments
Artemis Fowl
de Lint Master Mythos
The Iron Fey Universe
Fionavar Universe
Five Children Universe

Young WizardsSeries

seriesDiane Duane24 books1983

About wizards.

“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 →

Otherworld (Kelley Armstrong)Series

seriesKelley Armstrong & Seanan McGuire100 books1996

Paranormal, set in north america.

“Each book tends to follow a different member of this hidden community while slowly building a shared, continuing world.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Paranormal Romance Blues →

House of NightSeries

seriesKristin Cast & P. C. Cast20 books2007

Paranormal, about vampires, set in north america.

“Books in the series have been on the New York Times Best Seller list for 63 weeks and have sold over seven million copies in North America, and more than ten million books worldwide, in 39 countries.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Marked →

The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse

universe70 books2007

Urban fantasy and 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 →

Artemis FowlSeries

seriesEoin Colfer15 books2001

“As of 2013, the novels have sold more than 21 million copies in 44 languages, and are one of the best-selling series of all time.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with LEPrecon →

de Lint Master MythosUniverse

universe151 books1977

Urban fantasy, set in contemporary.

“Newford you find by ear — a fiddle tune drifting up from a subway grate, a story a friend swears is true, the particular hush of an alley where the streetlight never quite reaches.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

The Iron Fey UniverseSeries

seriesJulie Kagawa15 books2010

Set in fairyland.

Reading order →

Fionavar UniverseSeries

seriesGuy Gavriel Kay5 books1984

Epic fantasy and portal fantasy.

“Kay lived in the countryside near Aix-en-Provence, the setting of Ysabel, while he wrote it.”
from the catalogue description of Ysabel

Start with Ysabel →

Five Children UniverseSeries

seriesE. Nesbit, Helen Cresswell & Kate Saunders27 books1902

Set in early 20th century and british isles.

“Neither book is by Nesbit herself, and the two have no direct connection to each other beyond both drawing on her creation.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Return of the Psammead →

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.

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What should I read after For the Purely Divine?: Young Wizards — the closest match to For the Purely Divine on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with For the Purely Divine?: Fae Rose Academy: Year One. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for For the Purely Divine.
How big is For the Purely Divine?: For the Purely Divine is 2 books, from 2020.

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