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Books like Shattered Lives: 9 series to read next

Shattered Lives is set in contemporary and our world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Shattered Lives is 7 books, 2014–2017.

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Friday Harbor
The Summerhouse
The Midnight World
Black Dagger
Montgomery / Taggert
The Kendra Chronicles
Beyond the Threshold
The Inn Boonsboro Trilogy
The Vampire Chronicles

Friday HarborSeries

seriesLisa Kleypas4 books2010

Contemporary romance and romance, emotional in tone, set in contemporary and north america.

Start with Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor →

The SummerhouseSeries

seriesJude Deveraux3 books2001

Contemporary romance, emotional in tone, about second chance, set in contemporary and north america.

“Three best friends, all with the same birthday, are about to turn forty.”
from the catalogue description of The Summerhouse

Start with The Summerhouse →

The Midnight WorldSeries

seriesMatt Haig2 books2020

Fantasy.

“In particular, they frequently wonder how different things might have been had they made other choices at pivotal moments in their lives.”
from the catalogue description of The Midnight Library

Start with The Midnight Library →

Black DaggerUniverse

universe52 books2005

Paranormal romance, about vampires.

“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

Reading order →

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 →

The Kendra ChroniclesSeries

seriesAlex Flinn5 books2007

Fairy tale retelling, about witches.

“Later books widen the cast to other characters from that story — Lindy, the witch Kendra herself — while staying inside the same fairy-tale-updated-to-Manhattan premise.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Beastly →

Beyond the ThresholdSeries

seriesLinda Lael Miller2 books1992

Emotional in tone, about forbidden love, set in north america.

“When he witnesses an accident and rushes in to help, the victim brings back memories of the night that marked him forever.”
from the catalogue description of There and Now

Start with There and Now →

The Inn Boonsboro TrilogySeries

seriesNora Roberts3 books2011

Set in small town.

“Now it's getting a major facelift from the Montgomery brothers and their eccentric mother.”
from the catalogue description of The Next Always

Start with The Next Always →

The Vampire ChroniclesSeries

seriesAnne Rice15 books1976

Horror and gothic, dark in tone, about vampires.

“Based on a short story Rice wrote around 1968, the novel centers on vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac, who tells the story of his life to a reporter.”
from the catalogue description of Interview with the Vampire
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Start with Interview with the Vampire →

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 Shattered Lives?: Friday Harbor — the closest match to Shattered Lives on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Shattered Lives?: Broken Dreams. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Shattered Lives.
How big is Shattered Lives?: Shattered Lives is 7 books, 2014–2017.

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