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Books like The Bad Guys: 9 series to read next

The Bad Guys is fantasy, set in secondary world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Bad Guys is 11 books, 2019–2024.

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Gentleman Bastard Sequence
Discworld
The Legend of Eli Monpress
Tolkien's legendarium
Myth Adventures
Grishaverse
Tales of the Ketty Jay
Narnia
Vuldranni / The Good Guys Universe

Gentleman Bastard SequenceSeries

seriesScott Lynch7 books2006

Set in big city.

“The Lies of Locke Lamora and its two sequels braid heist capers with flashbacks tracing how the gang was trained, escalating into a wider conflict involving crime lords and sorcerers.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Lies of Locke Lamora →

DiscworldUniverse

universe84 books1983

Fantasy, funny in tone, set in secondary world.

“Death speaks IN SMALL CAPITALS and rides a horse called Binky.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Guards! Guards! →

The Legend of Eli MonpressSeries

seriesRachel Aaron6 books2010

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about con artists, set in secondary world.

“Rachel Aaron's Legend of Eli Monpress follows Eli, a wizard and self-proclaimed greatest thief of his age, who teams up with a swordsman wielding a sentient magical blade and a shadow-stepping demon to pull off escalating heists.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Spirit's Oath →

Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

universe163 books1923

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Before the seas were bent and the mountains raised, there was Music — and from that Music came Arda, and in the west of Middle-earth the long defeat and stubborn hope of those who dwell there.”
from the catalogue description

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Myth AdventuresSeries

seriesRobert Asprin, Jody Lynn Nye & Phil Foglio33 books1978

Fantasy and humor, funny in tone, set in secondary world.

“After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Another Fine Myth →

GrishaverseUniverse

universe19 books2012

“Saints are canonized here the way soldiers are buried elsewhere — quietly, and too often.”
from the catalogue description

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Tales of the Ketty JaySeries

seriesChris Wooding4 books2009

Adventure.

“Frey is the captain of the Ketty Jay, leader of a small and highly dysfunctional band of layabouts.”
from the catalogue description of Retribution Falls

Start with Retribution Falls →

NarniaUniverse

universe38 books1950

Portal fantasy.

“Once there is a wardrobe at the back of a spare room, and behind the fur coats the wood gives way to snow, and a lamp-post burns alone among the trees.”
from the catalogue description

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Vuldranni / The Good Guys UniverseSeries

seriesEric Ugland28 books2018

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

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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 The Bad Guys?: Gentleman Bastard Sequence — the closest match to The Bad Guys on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Bad Guys?: Scamps & Scoundrels. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Bad Guys.
How big is The Bad Guys?: The Bad Guys is 11 books, 2019–2024.

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