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Books like The Balance: 9 series to read next

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

The Balance is 4 books, 2008–2016.

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The World of Skulduggery Pleasant
The Dresden Files
Дозоры / Watch
Adam Binder
Allie Beckstrom Universe
Codex of Souls
Shadow Saga II (Christopher Golden)
Yancy Lazarus
Steel & Stone

The World of Skulduggery PleasantSeries

seriesDerek Landy38 books2007

Adventurous in tone.

“None require following a separate ongoing plot of their own.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Across a Dark Plain →

The Dresden FilesSeries

seriesJim Butcher & Mark Powers (comics)56 books2000

Set in north america and 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 →

Дозоры / WatchSeries

seriesСергей Лукьяненко & Владимир Васильев6 books1998

Fantasy, about political intrigue, set in eastern europe and big city.

“Each book follows the Night Watch magician Anton Gorodetsky through a case that keeps threatening to unbalance that truce for good.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Night Watch →

Adam BinderSeries

seriesDavid R. Slayton4 books2020

About class conflict and family secrets, set in north america.

“The Adam Binder novels are a series of urban fantasy novels by David R. Slayton.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with White Trash Warlock →

Allie Beckstrom UniverseSeries

seriesDevon Monk14 books2008

Urban fantasy, set in contemporary.

Reading order →

Codex of SoulsSeries

seriesMark Teppo2 books2009

Urban fantasy, set in our world and contemporary.

“What he discovers instead is dark magick of an ancient and destructive kind.”
from the catalogue description of Lightbreaker

Start with Lightbreaker →

Shadow Saga II (Christopher Golden)Series

seriesChristopher Golden7 books1994

Set in contemporary and our world.

“Christopher Golden's Shadow Saga follows Peter Octavian, a centuries-old vampire working as a private investigator in a Boston where humans live alongside a hidden population of supernatural creatures, beginning with Of Saints and Shadows.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Of Saints and Shadows →

Yancy LazarusSeries

seriesJames A. Hunter9 books2015

Urban fantasy, set in contemporary and our world.

“Yancy Lazarus is having a bad day: there's a bullet lodged in his butt cheek, his face looks like the site of a demolition derby, and he's been saran-wrapped to a banquet table.”
from the catalogue description of Strange Magic

Start with Strange Magic →

Steel & StoneSeries

seriesAnnette Marie7 books2014

Urban fantasy, set in our world and contemporary.

Start with Chase the Dark →

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 Balance?: The World of Skulduggery Pleasant — the closest match to The Balance on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Balance?: RealmShift. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Balance.
How big is The Balance?: The Balance is 4 books, 2008–2016.

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