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Books like Shadow Grail: 9 series to read next

Shadow Grail is urban fantasy and 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.

Shadow Grail is 4 books, 2010–2014.

“After her family is killed, Spirit White is taken to Oakhurst Academy, a combination orphanage and school for those with magical powers, where she and her new friends investigate when students start mysteriously disappearing.”
from the catalogue description of Legacies

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The Mortal Instruments
Otherworld (Kelley Armstrong)
Heir Chronicles
Sweep / Wicca (UK)
The Curse Workers
Atlas (Olivie Blake)
Reason Cansino
The Dark Elite
Meredith Gentry

The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse

universe70 books2007

Urban fantasy and fantasy, set in contemporary.

“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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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 →

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 →

Sweep / Wicca (UK)Series

seriesCate Tiernan15 books2001

Urban fantasy, about witches, set in contemporary and our world.

“Morgan and her best friend, Bree, are introduced to Wicca when a gorgeous senior named Cal invites them to join his new coven.”
from the catalogue description of Book of Shadows

Start with Book of Shadows →

The Curse WorkersSeries

seriesHolly Black3 books2010

About family secrets and curses.

“Holly Black's Curse Workers trilogy is set in an alternate America where 'curse work' — magic that harms or transforms through touch — is illegal, enforced through gloves and Prohibition-era-style crime families.”
from the catalogue description

Start with White Cat →

Atlas (Olivie Blake)Series

seriesOlivie Blake3 books2020

“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 →

Reason CansinoSeries

seriesJustine Larbalestier3 books2005

Urban fantasy and fantasy, about witches and coming of age, set in contemporary and our world.

Start with Magic or Madness →

The Dark EliteSeries

seriesChloe Neill3 books2009

Urban fantasy, tense in tone, about magic schools and coming of age, set in contemporary and our world.

“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 →

Meredith GentrySeries

seriesLaurell K. Hamilton10 books2000

Paranormal romance, about fae and court intrigue.

“The first book in the series, A Kiss of Shadows, was released by Del Rey on October 3, 2000.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with A Kiss of Shadows →

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 Shadow Grail?: The Mortal Instruments — the closest match to Shadow Grail on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Shadow Grail?: Legacies. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Shadow Grail.
How big is Shadow Grail?: Shadow Grail is 4 books, 2010–2014.

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