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Books like Necromancer Universe: 9 series to read next

Necromancer Universe is urban fantasy, set in contemporary and north america. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Necromancer Universe is 9 books, 2010–2017.

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Otherworld (Kelley Armstrong)
The Mortal Instruments
The Morganville Vampires
The Curse Workers
Mercy Thompson
Anita Blake
October Daye
The Legendborn Cycle
The Dresden Files

Otherworld (Kelley Armstrong)Series

seriesKelley Armstrong & Seanan McGuire100 books1996

Urban fantasy and paranormal, set in contemporary and north america.

“Each book tends to follow a different member of this hidden community while slowly building a shared, continuing world.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Paranormal Romance Blues →

The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse

universe70 books2007

Urban fantasy and fantasy, set in contemporary.

“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 Morganville VampiresSeries

seriesRachel Caine40 books2006

Set in small town.

“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
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Glass Houses →

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 →

Mercy ThompsonUniverse

universe45 books2006

“Patricia Briggs builds this world across two interlocking series.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

Anita BlakeSeries

seriesLaurell K. Hamilton & Jonathon Green42 books1993

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

“The books have sold more than six million copies; many have made The New York Times Best Seller list.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Guilty Pleasures →

October DayeSeries

seriesSeanan McGuire42 books2009

Urban fantasy, about fae, set in contemporary and north america.

“Young October had to make important decisions about her future.”
from the catalogue description of Strangers in Court
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Strangers in Court →

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 →

The Dresden FilesSeries

seriesJim Butcher & Mark Powers (comics)56 books2000

About wizards.

“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
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with A Fistful of Warlocks →

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 Necromancer Universe?: Otherworld (Kelley Armstrong) — the closest match to Necromancer Universe on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Necromancer Universe?: Heads Will Roll. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Necromancer Universe.
How big is Necromancer Universe?: Necromancer Universe is 9 books, 2010–2017.

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