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Books like Magic for Hire: 9 series to read next

Magic for Hire 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.

Magic for Hire is 4 books, 2024–2026.

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Worldweavers
Heir Chronicles
Magical Washington
The Demon's Apprentice
Supernatural Investigations
Alex Stern
The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel
Steel & Stone
Young Wizards

WorldweaversSeries

seriesAlma Alexander4 books2007

“What's more, her greatest strength may be the powerlessness she has resisted for so long.”
from the catalogue description of Gift of the Unmage

Start with Gift of the Unmage →

Heir ChroniclesSeries

seriesCinda Williams Chima5 books2006

Set in north america.

“Cinda Williams Chima's Heir Chronicles begins with The Warrior Heir, in which sixteen-year-old Jack learns he has hidden magical, warrior ancestry and is drawn into training to fight enemy wizards he didn't know existed.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Warrior Heir →

Magical WashingtonUniverse

universe15 books2006

About witches, set in north america.

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

Reading order →

The Demon's ApprenticeSeries

seriesBen Reeder11 books2011

Urban fantasy, set in contemporary.

Start with The Demon's Apprentice →

Supernatural InvestigationsSeries

seriesB. B. Alston4 books2021

“Quinton Peters was the golden boy of the Rosewood low-income housing projects, receiving full scholarship offers to two different Ivy League schools.”
from the catalogue description of Amari and the Night Brothers

Start with Amari and the Night Brothers →

Alex SternSeries

seriesLeigh Bardugo4 books2019

Dark fantasy.

“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 →

The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas FlamelSeries

seriesMichael Scott15 books2007

About immortality.

“The first book in the series, The Alchemyst, was released in 2007, and the sequels were released at the rate of one per year, concluding with The Enchantress in 2012.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Alchemyst →

Steel & StoneSeries

seriesAnnette Marie7 books2014

Urban fantasy, set in contemporary and our world.

Start with Chase the Dark →

Young WizardsSeries

seriesDiane Duane24 books1983

About coming of age.

“Across fifteen books published between 1983 and 2019, the two age forward in something close to real time as their missions escalate from New York streets to alien worlds and beyond.”
from the catalogue description

Start with So You Want to Be a Wizard →

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 Magic for Hire?: Worldweavers — the closest match to Magic for Hire on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Magic for Hire?: Wild Magic. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Magic for Hire.
How big is Magic for Hire?: Magic for Hire is 4 books, 2024–2026.

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