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Books like Magic City Chronicles: 9 series to read next

Magic City Chronicles 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.

Magic City Chronicles is 8 books, from 2021.

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October Daye
Chicagoland Vampires Universe
Magic Ex Libris
Alex Verus
Rivers of London
The Mortal Instruments
The Dresden Files
The Great Cities
The Cosa Nostradamus

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 →

Chicagoland Vampires UniverseSeries

seriesChloe Neill25 books2009

Paranormal romance, about vampires.

Reading order →

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 →

Alex VerusSeries

seriesBenedict Jacka14 books2012

Urban fantasy, set in contemporary.

“Starting with Fated, the series escalates from small jobs and favors into open conflict with the Council structure and Alex's own former master, as his precognitive gift proves more dangerous to wield than it first appears.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Fated →

Rivers of LondonSeries

seriesBen Aaronovitch32 books2011

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
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Start with Rivers of London →

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 →

The Dresden FilesSeries

seriesJim Butcher & Mark Powers (comics)56 books2000

“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 →

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 Cosa NostradamusSeries

seriesLaura Anne Gilman24 books2004

Urban fantasy, set in contemporary.

Start with Dusted →

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.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after Magic City Chronicles?: October Daye — the closest match to Magic City Chronicles on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Magic City Chronicles?: A Defender Rises. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Magic City Chronicles.
How big is Magic City Chronicles?: Magic City Chronicles is 8 books, from 2021.

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