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Books like Harley Merlin: 9 series to read next

Harley Merlin is urban fantasy, set in contemporary and our world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Harley Merlin is 21 books, 2017–2020.

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Steel & Stone
Otherworld (Kelley Armstrong)
Worldweavers
The Mortal Instruments
Heir Chronicles
Elves on the Road
The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel
Cassandra Palmer
Rivers of London

Steel & StoneSeries

seriesAnnette Marie7 books2014

Urban fantasy, set in contemporary and our world.

Start with Chase the Dark →

Otherworld (Kelley Armstrong)Series

seriesKelley Armstrong & Seanan McGuire100 books1996

Paranormal.

“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 →

WorldweaversSeries

seriesAlma Alexander4 books2007

Urban fantasy and fantasy, about magic schools, set in contemporary and our world.

“What's more, her greatest strength may be the powerlessness she has resisted for so long.”
from the catalogue description of Gift of the Unmage

Start with Gift of the Unmage →

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

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Heir ChroniclesSeries

seriesCinda Williams Chima5 books2006

Urban fantasy and fantasy, about wizards, set in contemporary and 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 →

Elves on the RoadUniverse

universe47 books1989

Urban fantasy, set in contemporary.

“A quartet of Elizabethan prequels with Roberta Gellis reaches back to the Tudor court, and the Diana Tregarde occult thrillers hang at the edges — a Guardian and romance writer whose casework keeps brushing the same concealed world.”
from the catalogue description

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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.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Alchemyst →

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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Rivers of LondonSeries

seriesBen Aaronovitch32 books2011

Mystery & detective, about murder investigation, 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
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Rivers of London →

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 Harley Merlin?: Steel & Stone — the closest match to Harley Merlin on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Harley Merlin?: Harley Merlin and the Secret Coven. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Harley Merlin.
How big is Harley Merlin?: Harley Merlin is 21 books, 2017–2020.

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