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Books like Midnighters: 9 series to read next

Midnighters is fantasy and urban fantasy, about psychic powers, set in contemporary, tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Midnighters is 3 books, 2004–2006.

“Over the course of the trilogy, Jessica encounters other Midnighters with whom she allies herself.”
from the catalogue description
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The Curse Workers
The Body Finder
The Night Walkers
The Morganville Vampires
The Dark Elite
Star Shards
The Coldest Girl in Coldtown
The Legendborn Cycle
Modern Tale of Faerie

The Curse WorkersSeries

seriesHolly Black3 books2010

About family secrets and curses.

“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 →

The Body FinderSeries

seriesKimberly Derting5 books2010

Paranormal and mystery & detective, about murder investigation.

“Violet Ambrose is grappling with two major issues: Jay Heaton and her morbid secret ability.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Body Finder →

The Night WalkersSeries

seriesJ. R. Johansson3 books2013

Paranormal.

“Sixteen-year-old Parker Chipp spends his nights experiencing other people's dreams and getting no rest, so when he discovers that new friend Mia's dreams are different, he becomes fixated on her.”
from the catalogue description of Insomnia

Start with Insomnia →

The Morganville VampiresSeries

seriesRachel Caine40 books2006

Paranormal, about vampires.

“The novels feature Claire Danvers, a student at Texas Prairie University, and her housemates in the vampire-controlled city of Morganville, Texas.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Glass Houses →

The Dark EliteSeries

seriesChloe Neill3 books2009

About magic schools.

“Lily's parents have sent her to a fancy boarding school in Chicago filled with the ultra-rich.”
from the catalogue description of Firespell

Start with Firespell →

Star ShardsSeries

seriesNeal Shusterman3 books1995

Fantasy, tense in tone, set in contemporary and our world.

“Six teenagers are horrified to discover that an evil force has taken control of them.”
from the catalogue description of Scorpion Shards

Start with Scorpion Shards →

The Coldest Girl in ColdtownSeries

seriesHolly Black2 books2009

Paranormal, about vampires and survival.

Start with The Coldest Girl in Coldtown →

The Legendborn CycleSeries

seriesTracy Deonn3 books2020

Urban fantasy, tense in tone, set in contemporary and north america.

“Tracy Deonn's Legendborn Cycle follows Bree Matthews, a Black teenager who enrolls in an early-college program and stumbles into a secret society descended from Arthurian legend operating alongside her North Carolina campus.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Legendborn →

Modern Tale of FaerieSeries

seriesHolly Black4 books2002

About fae.

Start with Tithe →

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 Midnighters?: The Curse Workers — the closest match to Midnighters on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Midnighters?: The Secret Hour. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Midnighters.
How big is Midnighters?: Midnighters is 3 books, 2004–2006.

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