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Books like Imp: 9 series to read next

Imp 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.

Imp is 16 books, 2012–2023.

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Imp Universe
Secret Histories
The Mortal Instruments
The Hollows
InCryptid
Bobby Dollar
The Iron Druid Chronicles
Rivers of London
Cassandra Palmer

Imp UniverseSeries

seriesDebra Dunbar32 books2012

Urban fantasy, set in contemporary and our world.

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Secret HistoriesSeries

seriesSimon R. Green12 books2007

Urban fantasy, set in contemporary and our world.

Start with The Man with the Golden Torc →

The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse

universe70 books2007

Fantasy.

“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 HollowsSeries

seriesKim Harrison39 books2004

About witches, set in north america.

Start with The Turn →

InCryptidSeries

seriesSeanan McGuire53 books2012

About found family, set in north america.

Start with Discount Armageddon →

Bobby DollarSeries

seriesTad Williams3 books2012

Urban fantasy, set in contemporary and our world.

“Bad-ass smart-mouth Bobby Dollar, an Earth-bound angel advocate for newly departed souls caught between Heaven and Hell, is appalled when a soul goes missing on his watch.”
from the catalogue description of The Dirty Streets of Heaven

Start with The Dirty Streets of Heaven →

The Iron Druid ChroniclesSeries

seriesKevin Hearne70 books2011

Urban fantasy, set in contemporary.

“All the books, including short stories, have recorded audiobooks narrated by Luke Daniels and Christopher Ragland”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Chapel Perilous →

Rivers of LondonSeries

seriesBen Aaronovitch32 books2011

Mystery & detective, mysterious in tone, 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 →

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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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 Imp?: Imp Universe — the closest match to Imp on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Imp?: Imp. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Imp.
How big is Imp?: Imp is 16 books, 2012–2023.

Books like Imp: 9 series to read next

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