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Books like Heartstrikers: 9 series to read next

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

Heartstrikers is 5 books, 2014–2018.

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October Daye
InCryptid
The Great Cities
The Mortal Instruments
Checquy Files
Magic Ex Libris
The Dresden Files
Heartstrikers Universe
Mercy Thompson

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 →

InCryptidSeries

seriesSeanan McGuire53 books2012

Urban fantasy, adventurous in tone, about found family, set in contemporary and our world.

Start with Discount Armageddon →

The Great CitiesSeries

seriesN. K. Jemisin3 books2016

Urban fantasy and fantasy, set in contemporary and big city.

“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 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

Reading order →

Checquy FilesSeries

seriesDaniel O'Malley4 books2012

Set in british isles.

“The premise of paranormal bureaucracy and espionage continues across the rest of the Checquy novels.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Rook →

Magic Ex LibrisSeries

seriesJim C. Hines8 books2009

About books and reading.

“A key theme of the novel is the power of literature and knowledge.”
from the catalogue description of Libriomancer

Start with Libriomancer →

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
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with A Fistful of Warlocks →

Heartstrikers UniverseSeries

seriesRachel Aaron11 books2014

Urban fantasy.

Reading order →

Mercy ThompsonUniverse

universe45 books2006

About werewolves.

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

Reading order →

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 Heartstrikers?: October Daye — the closest match to Heartstrikers on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Heartstrikers?: Nice Dragons Finish Last. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Heartstrikers.
How big is Heartstrikers?: Heartstrikers is 5 books, 2014–2018.

Books like Heartstrikers: 9 series to read next

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