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Books like Paranormal Prison: 9 series to read next

Paranormal Prison is paranormal romance, set in our world and contemporary. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Paranormal Prison is 16 books across 5 series, 2020–2022.

“The doors here only lock from the outside, and the things behind them were never meant to be caged.”
from the catalogue description

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Carpathian
Twilight / Wings in the Night
Black Dagger
Dark-Hunter
Dirk & Steele
Night Huntress
Beautiful Creatures
The Fallen (Cynthia Eden)
Primal Instinct

CarpathianSeries

seriesChristine Feehan48 books1999

Paranormal romance, emotional in tone, about vampires, set in contemporary and our world.

“Carpathian is Christine Feehan's long-running paranormal romance series about an ancient, near-immortal species who slowly lose color and feeling until they find a lifemate who restores both.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Dark Prince →

Twilight / Wings in the NightSeries

seriesMaggie Shayne22 books1993

Paranormal romance, about vampires, set in contemporary and our world.

“Beginning with Twilight Phantasies in 1993, the series predates and helped establish the modern vampire-romance genre well before the paranormal romance boom of the 2000s.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Twilight Phantasies →

Black DaggerUniverse

universe52 books2005

Paranormal romance, emotional in tone, about vampires, set in contemporary.

“Come to Caldwell, New York, after dark, where the war has been running longer than the city has had a name.”
from the catalogue description

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Dark-HunterSeries

seriesSherrilyn Kenyon, Alethea Kontis, Carol Shaughnessy & Madaug Kenyon65 books2000

Paranormal romance, set in contemporary and our world.

“Kenyon began writing the series in 1986 in horror, fantasy and science fiction magazines.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Fantasy Lover →

Dirk & SteeleSeries

seriesMarjorie M. Liu12 books2005

Paranormal romance, emotional in tone, about shapeshifters, set in contemporary and our world.

“Liu continues the series across many further novels and novellas, including The Red Heart of Jade, Shadow Touch, Soul Song and The Wild Road, each following different agents connected to the same world of hidden paranormal gifts.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Where the Heart Lives →

Night HuntressUniverse

universe53 books2007

Paranormal romance and urban fantasy, about vampires, set in contemporary and our world.

“You hit harder, heal faster, and the monsters that murdered half your family never see you coming.”
from the catalogue description

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Beautiful CreaturesUniverse

universe50 books1997

Paranormal romance, set in contemporary and our world.

“The most dangerous thing in the room is never the fang or the claw.”
from the catalogue description

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The Fallen (Cynthia Eden)Series

seriesCynthia Eden4 books2011

About angels.

“An innocent, pretty, twenty-something schoolteacher with her life ahead of her.”
from the catalogue description of Angel of Darkness

Start with Angel of Darkness →

Primal InstinctSeries

seriesRhyannon Byrd9 books2009

Paranormal romance, about shapeshifters, set in contemporary and our world.

“Ian Buchanan has always felt the unknownthe deep, impenetrable darkness that lives within him.”
from the catalogue description of Edge of Hunger

Start with Edge of Hunger →

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 Paranormal Prison?: Carpathian — the closest match to Paranormal Prison on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Paranormal Prison?: Blindly Indicted. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Paranormal Prison, which is a whole world rather than one run.
How big is Paranormal Prison?: Paranormal Prison is 16 books across 5 series, 2020–2022.

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