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Books like How to Be a Badass: 9 series to read next

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

How to Be a Badass is 9 books, 2020–2021.

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The Mortal Instruments
The Dresden Files
Kitty Norville
October Daye
The World of Skulduggery Pleasant
Magical Washington
Rivers of London
The Hollows
The Curse Workers

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

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The Dresden FilesSeries

seriesJim Butcher & Mark Powers (comics)56 books2000

About wizards, set in north america.

“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 →

Kitty NorvilleSeries

seriesCarrie Vaughn62 books2001

Paranormal, about werewolves, set in north america.

“The program focuses on supernatural issues, beings and creatures she encounters.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Kitty and the Midnight Hour →

October DayeSeries

seriesSeanan McGuire42 books2009

About fae, set in north america.

“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 →

The World of Skulduggery PleasantSeries

seriesDerek Landy38 books2007

Dark fantasy.

“None require following a separate ongoing plot of their own.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Across a Dark Plain →

Magical WashingtonUniverse

universe15 books2006

Set in north america.

“Only a few know how much of it never makes the ballot.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

Rivers of LondonSeries

seriesBen Aaronovitch32 books2011

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
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Start with Rivers of London →

The HollowsSeries

seriesKim Harrison39 books2004

About demons, set in north america.

Start with The Turn →

The Curse WorkersSeries

seriesHolly Black3 books2010

About family secrets and curses, set in north america.

“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 →

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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 How to Be a Badass?: The Mortal Instruments — the closest match to How to Be a Badass on what it is about, not on what sells.
How big is How to Be a Badass?: How to Be a Badass is 9 books, 2020–2021.

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