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Books like Nightmare-Verse: 9 series to read next

Nightmare-Verse is urban fantasy, set in contemporary. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Nightmare-Verse is 3 books, 2018–2024.

“A Blade So Black was released on September 25, 2018 by Imprint/Macmillan.”
from the catalogue description of A Blade So Black

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Modern Tale of Faerie
The World of Skulduggery Pleasant
The Mortal Instruments
London Below
Heir Chronicles
The Morganville Vampires
Buffyverse
Star Shards
Bailey Morgan

Modern Tale of FaerieSeries

seriesHolly Black4 books2002

About fae.

Start with Tithe →

The World of Skulduggery PleasantSeries

seriesDerek Landy38 books2007

Urban fantasy and dark fantasy, adventurous in tone, set in contemporary and our world.

“None require following a separate ongoing plot of their own.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Across a Dark Plain →

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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London BelowSeries

seriesNeil Gaiman5 books1996

Eerie in tone, set in british isles and underground & caves.

“Most notable is the appearance of the Floating Market at Harrods rather than under Battersea power station.”
from the catalogue description of Neverwhere

Start with Neverwhere →

Heir ChroniclesSeries

seriesCinda Williams Chima5 books2006

About wizards.

“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 →

The Morganville VampiresSeries

seriesRachel Caine40 books2006

Paranormal, tense in tone, about vampires, 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
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Start with Glass Houses →

BuffyverseUniverse

universe205 books1992

Tense in tone, about vampires.

“Into every generation a Slayer is born: one girl in all the world with the strength to stand against the vampires, the demons, and the forces of darkness.”
from the catalogue description

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Star ShardsSeries

seriesNeal Shusterman3 books1995

Tense in tone.

“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 →

Bailey MorganSeries

seriesJennifer Lynn Barnes2 books2007

Urban fantasy, about coming of age, set in contemporary and our world.

“Bailey Morgan isn't the type of girl who shows a lot of skin, but somehow, she ends up in a dressing room at the mall with her friend Delia applying a temporary tattoo to her lower back.”
from the catalogue description of Tattoo

Start with Tattoo →

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 Nightmare-Verse?: Modern Tale of Faerie — the closest match to Nightmare-Verse on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Nightmare-Verse?: A Blade So Black. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Nightmare-Verse.
How big is Nightmare-Verse?: Nightmare-Verse is 3 books, 2018–2024.

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