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Books like ONSET: 9 series to read next

ONSET 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.

ONSET is 5 books, 2016–2018.

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The Dresden Files
The Hollows
Anita Blake
Otherworld (Kelley Armstrong)
Mercy Thompson
The Mortal Instruments
Chicagoland Vampires Universe
Henry Fitzroy
Cal Leandros

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 HollowsSeries

seriesKim Harrison39 books2004

About witches.

Start with The Turn →

Anita BlakeSeries

seriesLaurell K. Hamilton & Jonathon Green42 books1993

Dark in tone.

“The books have sold more than six million copies; many have made The New York Times Best Seller list.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Guilty Pleasures →

Otherworld (Kelley Armstrong)Series

seriesKelley Armstrong & Seanan McGuire100 books1996

Paranormal.

“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 →

Mercy ThompsonUniverse

universe45 books2006

About werewolves.

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

Reading order →

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 →

Chicagoland Vampires UniverseSeries

seriesChloe Neill25 books2009

Paranormal romance.

Reading order →

Henry FitzroySeries

seriesTanya Huff29 books1991

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

“Henry Fitzroy, bastard son of Henry VIII and Vampire foils a spy's plan to betray England to Napoleon's forces.”
from the catalogue description of What Manner of Man

Start with What Manner of Man →

Cal LeandrosSeries

seriesRob Thurman13 books2006

Dark in tone.

“There's a troll under the Brooklyn Bridge, a boggle in Central Park, and a beautiful vampire in a penthouse on the Upper East Side-and that's only the beginning.”
from the catalogue description of Nightlife
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Start with Nightlife →

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 ONSET?: The Dresden Files — the closest match to ONSET on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with ONSET?: Murder by Magic. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for ONSET.
How big is ONSET?: ONSET is 5 books, 2016–2018.

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