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Books like Piers Knight: 9 series to read next

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

Piers Knight is 4 books, 2009–2011.

“Brooklyn Museum curator Piers Knight discovers a mysterious artifact in their collection.”
from the catalogue description of Brooklyn Knight

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The Dresden Files
The Hollows
Chicagoland Vampires Universe
The Great Cities
The Mortal Instruments
Anita Blake
Nikki Delany
Magic Ex Libris
Alchemy of Secrets

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 →

Chicagoland Vampires UniverseSeries

seriesChloe Neill25 books2009

Paranormal romance, about vampires.

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The Great CitiesSeries

seriesN. K. Jemisin3 books2016

Fantasy.

“N. K. Jemisin's Great Cities duology imagines that great cities can awaken as living, sentient avatars defending themselves against extradimensional threats.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The City We Became →

The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse

universe70 books2007

Fantasy.

“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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Anita BlakeSeries

seriesLaurell K. Hamilton & Jonathon Green42 books1993

Dark in tone, about vampires.

“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 →

Nikki DelanySeries

seriesWen Spencer1 book2013

Mystery & detective, about gods, set in east asia.

Start with Eight Million Gods →

Magic Ex LibrisSeries

seriesJim C. Hines8 books2009

About books and reading.

“A key theme of the novel is the power of literature and knowledge.”
from the catalogue description of Libriomancer

Start with Libriomancer →

Alchemy of SecretsSeries

seriesStephanie Garber1 book2025

Fantasy and mystery & detective, mysterious in tone.

“Pulled into a hidden magical Los Angeles alongside a stranger who claims her missing sister sent him to protect her, Holland has to work out who is lying to her before the clock runs out.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Alchemy of Secrets →

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 Piers Knight?: The Dresden Files — the closest match to Piers Knight on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Piers Knight?: Brooklyn Knight. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Piers Knight.
How big is Piers Knight?: Piers Knight is 4 books, 2009–2011.
Is Piers Knight finished?: Yes — 4 books, 2009–2011.

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