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Books like Hidden Cities: 9 series to read next

Hidden Cities is urban fantasy, set in contemporary and big city. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Hidden Cities is 4 books, 2008–2011.

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The Curse Workers
Atlas (Olivie Blake)
Alex Stern
Jerusalem's Lot
October Daye
Meredith Gentry
The Jeremiah Hunt Chronicles
Rivers of London
The Skyscraper Throne

The Curse WorkersSeries

seriesHolly Black3 books2010

About organized crime.

“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 →

Atlas (Olivie Blake)Series

seriesOlivie Blake3 books2020

About magic schools.

“Olivie Blake's Atlas trilogy follows six magical scholars recruited into a secretive society that grants near-limitless magical resources in exchange for a mortal cost only revealed after they've already committed.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Atlas Six →

Alex SternSeries

seriesLeigh Bardugo4 books2019

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

“The opening novel, Ninth House, establishes her as an outsider gifted with the ability to see ghosts; the sequels continue her investigation into the societies' abuses and the murder that first drew her into Lethe's world.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Ninth House →

Jerusalem's LotSeries

seriesStephen King3 books1975

Horror, about vampires, set in small town.

“Stephen King's 1975 novel 'Salem's Lot follows writer Ben Mears as he returns to his childhood town of Jerusalem's Lot, Maine, only to discover that its residents are being turned into vampires by a newly arrived stranger.”
from the catalogue description

Start with 'Salem's Lot →

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
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Strangers in Court →

Meredith GentrySeries

seriesLaurell K. Hamilton10 books2000

Paranormal romance, about fae and court intrigue.

“The first book in the series, A Kiss of Shadows, was released by Del Rey on October 3, 2000.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with A Kiss of Shadows →

The Jeremiah Hunt ChroniclesSeries

seriesJoseph Nassise3 books2011

Urban fantasy, dark and tense in tone, set in contemporary and big city.

“Desperate to reclaim what he has lost, Hunt finally turns to the supernatural for justice.”
from the catalogue description of Eyes to See

Start with Eyes to See →

Rivers of LondonSeries

seriesBen Aaronovitch32 books2011

Mystery & detective, about murder investigation.

“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 →

The Skyscraper ThroneSeries

seriesTom Pollock3 books2012

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

Start with The City's Son →

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 Hidden Cities?: The Curse Workers — the closest match to Hidden Cities on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Hidden Cities?: Mind the Gap. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Hidden Cities.
How big is Hidden Cities?: Hidden Cities is 4 books, 2008–2011.

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