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Books like Paxton Locke: 9 series to read next

Paxton Locke is urban fantasy, set in contemporary and our world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Paxton Locke is 5 books, 2017–2021.

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Alex Stern
Atlas (Olivie Blake)
The Dark Elite
Allie Beckstrom Universe
The Legendborn Cycle
Alex Caine
Heir Chronicles
The Demon's Lexicon
The Unseen World

Alex SternSeries

seriesLeigh Bardugo4 books2019

Dark fantasy.

“The opening novel, Ninth House, establishes her as an outsider gifted with the ability to see ghosts; the sequels continue her investigation into the societies' abuses and the murder that first drew her into Lethe's world.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Ninth House →

Atlas (Olivie Blake)Series

seriesOlivie Blake3 books2020

About political intrigue.

“Olivie Blake's Atlas trilogy follows six magical scholars recruited into a secretive society that grants near-limitless magical resources in exchange for a mortal cost only revealed after they've already committed.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Atlas Six →

The Dark EliteSeries

seriesChloe Neill3 books2009

About coming of age.

“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 →

Allie Beckstrom UniverseSeries

seriesDevon Monk14 books2008

Urban fantasy, set in contemporary.

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The Legendborn CycleSeries

seriesTracy Deonn3 books2020

“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 →

Alex CaineSeries

seriesAlan Baxter3 books2014

Urban fantasy, set in contemporary and our world.

Start with Bound →

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 Demon's LexiconSeries

seriesSarah Rees Brennan3 books2009

About demons.

Start with The Demon's Lexicon →

The Unseen WorldSeries

seriesKat Howard2 books2017

Urban fantasy, set in contemporary.

Start with An Unkindness of Magicians →

Why these

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How big is Paxton Locke?: Paxton Locke is 5 books, 2017–2021.

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