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Books like Rainshadow Island: 9 series to read next

Rainshadow Island is set in contemporary. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Rainshadow Island is 4 books, 2012–2015.

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Arcane Society / Curtain / Harmony Universe
Sea Haven
Montgomery / Taggert
Vampire Academy Universe
Three Sisters Island Trilogy
GhostWalkers
Otherworld (Kelley Armstrong)
Legends (Carolan Ivey)
Dirk & Steele

Arcane Society / Curtain / Harmony UniverseSeries

seriesJayne Ann Krentz35 books1996

Set in contemporary.

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Sea HavenSeries

seriesChristine Feehan23 books2003

Paranormal romance, set in contemporary and north america.

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Montgomery / TaggertSeries

seriesJude Deveraux10 books1988

Romance, emotional in tone, set in contemporary.

“Readers should expect a loose family of stories connected by name and world rather than one continuous saga.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Maiden →

Vampire Academy UniverseSeries

seriesRichelle Mead & Michelle Rowen19 books2007

About vampires.

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Three Sisters Island TrilogySeries

seriesNora Roberts3 books2001

About witches, set in islands.

“Dance Upon the Air opens Nora Roberts's Three Sisters Island trilogy with Nell Channing, who arrives on the island believing she's finally found refuge from an abusive marriage and the life she fled months earlier.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Dance Upon the Air →

GhostWalkersSeries

seriesChristine Feehan20 books2003

Paranormal romance, tense in tone, about psychic powers, set in contemporary and our world.

“Each book generally centers a different GhostWalker couple while advancing an ongoing conspiracy plot about the program's origins and enemies.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Shadow Game →

Otherworld (Kelley Armstrong)Series

seriesKelley Armstrong & Seanan McGuire100 books1996

Paranormal and urban fantasy.

“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 →

Legends (Carolan Ivey)Series

seriesCarolan Ivey2 books1999

Ghost stories.

“When Jared Beaudry's restless spirit stumbles across a re-enactment of the Civil War battle in which he was murdered and mutilated, he jumps at the chance to find peace at last.”
from the catalogue description of Beaudry's Ghost

Start with Beaudry's Ghost →

Dirk & SteeleSeries

seriesMarjorie M. Liu12 books2005

About shapeshifters.

“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 →

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 Rainshadow Island?: Arcane Society / Curtain / Harmony Universe — the closest match to Rainshadow Island on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Rainshadow Island?: The Lost Night. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Rainshadow Island.
How big is Rainshadow Island?: Rainshadow Island is 4 books, 2012–2015.

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