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Books like Shifters / Werecats: 9 series to read next

Shifters / Werecats is urban fantasy and paranormal, about shapeshifters, set in contemporary, tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Shifters / Werecats is 7 books, 2007–2011.

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Mercy Thompson
Anita Blake
Otherworld (Kelley Armstrong)
Meredith Gentry
The Morganville Vampires
The Curse Workers
The Legendborn Cycle
The Dresden Files
Animorphs

Mercy ThompsonUniverse

universe45 books2006

Urban fantasy, about werewolves, set in contemporary and north america.

“Patricia Briggs builds this world across two interlocking series.”
from the catalogue description

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Anita BlakeSeries

seriesLaurell K. Hamilton & Jonathon Green42 books1993

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 →

Otherworld (Kelley Armstrong)Series

seriesKelley Armstrong & Seanan McGuire100 books1996

Paranormal and urban fantasy, set in contemporary and our world.

“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 →

Meredith GentrySeries

seriesLaurell K. Hamilton10 books2000

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 →

The Morganville VampiresSeries

seriesRachel Caine40 books2006

About vampires, set in small town.

“The novels feature Claire Danvers, a student at Texas Prairie University, and her housemates in the vampire-controlled city of Morganville, Texas.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Glass Houses →

The Curse WorkersSeries

seriesHolly Black3 books2010

About curses and organized crime.

“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 →

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 →

The Dresden FilesSeries

seriesJim Butcher & Mark Powers (comics)56 books2000

About wizards, set in big city.

“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
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with A Fistful of Warlocks →

AnimorphsUniverse

universe66 books1996

Science fiction and science fantasy, about aliens.

“The Yeerks are grey slugs the length of your thumb.”
from the catalogue description

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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 Shifters / Werecats?: Mercy Thompson — the closest match to Shifters / Werecats on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Shifters / Werecats?: Stray. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Shifters / Werecats.
How big is Shifters / Werecats?: Shifters / Werecats is 7 books, 2007–2011.

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