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Books like Ghost Roads: 9 series to read next

Ghost Roads is urban fantasy, set in contemporary and north america. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Ghost Roads is 3 books, 2014–2021.

“Trouble was, he didn't ask Rose what she thought of the idea.”
from the catalogue description of Sparrow Hill Road

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Anita Blake
The Curse Workers
Meredith Gentry
The Dresden Files
Dante Valentine
The Legendborn Cycle
October Daye
Sign of the Zodiac
The Hollows

Anita BlakeSeries

seriesLaurell K. Hamilton & Jonathon Green42 books1993

About vampires.

“The books have sold more than six million copies; many have made The New York Times Best Seller list.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Guilty Pleasures →

The Curse WorkersSeries

seriesHolly Black3 books2010

About family secrets and curses.

“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 →

Meredith GentrySeries

seriesLaurell K. Hamilton10 books2000

Paranormal romance, about fae and political intrigue.

“The first book in the series, A Kiss of Shadows, was released by Del Rey on October 3, 2000.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with A Kiss of Shadows →

The Dresden FilesSeries

seriesJim Butcher & Mark Powers (comics)56 books2000

About wizards.

“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 →

Dante ValentineSeries

seriesLilith Saintcrow6 books2006

About demons.

“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 →

The Legendborn CycleSeries

seriesTracy Deonn3 books2020

“Tracy Deonn's Legendborn Cycle follows Bree Matthews, a Black teenager who enrolls in an early-college program and stumbles into a secret society descended from Arthurian legend operating alongside her North Carolina campus.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Legendborn →

October DayeSeries

seriesSeanan McGuire42 books2009

About fae.

“Young October had to make important decisions about her future.”
from the catalogue description of Strangers in Court
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Start with Strangers in Court →

Sign of the ZodiacSeries

seriesVicki Pettersson9 books2007

Urban fantasy, tense in tone, set in contemporary and north america.

“Now a photographer by day, she prowls a different Las Vegas after sunset - a grim, secret Sin City where Light battles Shadow - seeking answers to whom or what she really is... and revenge for the horrors she was forced to endure.”
from the catalogue description of The Scent of Shadows

Start with The Scent of Shadows →

The HollowsSeries

seriesKim Harrison39 books2004

About witches and demons.

Start with The Turn →

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.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after Ghost Roads?: Anita Blake — the closest match to Ghost Roads on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Ghost Roads?: Sparrow Hill Road. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Ghost Roads.
How big is Ghost Roads?: Ghost Roads is 3 books, 2014–2021.

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