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Books like Heroine Complex: 9 series to read next

Heroine Complex is superhero and 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.

Heroine Complex is 7 books, 2016–2022.

“Evie Tanaka is the put-upon personal assistant to Aveda Jupiter, her childhood best friend and San Francisco's most beloved superheroine.”
from the catalogue description

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The Extraordinaries (TJ Klune)
Captain Underpants
Melvin Beederman Superhero
The Dresden Files
InCryptid
American Gods
The Great Cities
The Hollows
Bailey Morgan

The Extraordinaries (TJ Klune)Series

seriesTJ Klune3 books2020

“The Extraordinaries follows Nick Bell, a fanfiction-writing teenager with ADHD who is infatuated with his city's resident superhero, Shadow Star, and decides the only way to get noticed is to become extraordinary himself.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Extraordinaries →

Captain UnderpantsSeries

seriesDav Pilkey15 books1989

Humor.

Start with The Really Cool Adventures of Captain Underpants →

Melvin Beederman SuperheroSeries

seriesGreg Trine8 books2006

Humor.

“After graduating from the superhero academy, Melvin Beederman heads for Los Angeles, where he unexpectedly teams up with Candace Brinkwater, school play actress, to nab the evil McNasty Brothers.”
from the catalogue description of The Curse of the Bologna Sandwich

Start with The Curse of the Bologna Sandwich →

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.”
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Start with A Fistful of Warlocks →

InCryptidSeries

seriesSeanan McGuire53 books2012

Urban fantasy, adventurous in tone, about found family, set in contemporary and north america.

Start with Discount Armageddon →

American GodsSeries

seriesNeil Gaiman10 books1999

Fantasy and mythic fantasy, about gods.

“Gaiman's 2005 novel Anansi Boys is set in the same mythological world and shares the trickster god Mr. Nancy, but follows a different protagonist and story, making it a loose companion rather than a direct sequel.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Keepsakes and Treasures: A Love Story →

The Great CitiesSeries

seriesN. K. Jemisin3 books2016

Fantasy.

“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 HollowsSeries

seriesKim Harrison39 books2004

About witches.

Start with The Turn →

Bailey MorganSeries

seriesJennifer Lynn Barnes2 books2007

“Bailey Morgan isn't the type of girl who shows a lot of skin, but somehow, she ends up in a dressing room at the mall with her friend Delia applying a temporary tattoo to her lower back.”
from the catalogue description of Tattoo

Start with Tattoo →

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 Heroine Complex?: The Extraordinaries (TJ Klune) — the closest match to Heroine Complex on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Heroine Complex?: Heroine Complex. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Heroine Complex.
How big is Heroine Complex?: Heroine Complex is 7 books, 2016–2022.

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