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Books like The Blade Mage: 9 series to read next

The Blade Mage is fantasy. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Blade Mage is 10 books, 2020–2026.

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The Mortal Instruments
Artemis Fowl
Young Wizards
The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel
The World of Skulduggery Pleasant
The Dresden Files
Watership Down
Ottawa and the Valley
Fionavar Universe

universe70 books2007

“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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Artemis FowlSeries

seriesEoin Colfer15 books2001

About fae.

“As of 2013, the novels have sold more than 21 million copies in 44 languages, and are one of the best-selling series of all time.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with LEPrecon →

Young WizardsSeries

seriesDiane Duane24 books1983

About coming of age.

“Across fifteen books published between 1983 and 2019, the two age forward in something close to real time as their missions escalate from New York streets to alien worlds and beyond.”
from the catalogue description

Start with So You Want to Be a Wizard →

The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas FlamelSeries

seriesMichael Scott15 books2007

About immortality.

“The first book in the series, The Alchemyst, was released in 2007, and the sequels were released at the rate of one per year, concluding with The Enchantress in 2012.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with The Alchemyst →

The World of Skulduggery PleasantSeries

seriesDerek Landy38 books2007

Dark fantasy.

“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 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
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Start with A Fistful of Warlocks →

Watership DownSeries

seriesRichard Adams21 books1972

About survival, set in countryside & village.

“Adams returned to the same world in 1996 with Tales from Watership Down, a collection of nineteen short stories mixing rabbit folklore with further adventures of characters from the novel.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Watership Down →

Ottawa and the ValleySeries

seriesCharles de Lint17 books1984

Fantasy and urban fantasy, set in contemporary and north america.

“Charles de Lint set several of his early urban fantasies in and around Ottawa before creating his better-known invented city of Newford.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Moonheart →

Fionavar UniverseSeries

seriesGuy Gavriel Kay5 books1984

Epic fantasy and portal fantasy, emotional in tone.

“Kay lived in the countryside near Aix-en-Provence, the setting of Ysabel, while he wrote it.”
from the catalogue description of Ysabel

Start with Ysabel →

Why these

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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.

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What should I read after The Blade Mage?: The Mortal Instruments — the closest match to The Blade Mage on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Blade Mage?: The Blade Mage. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Blade Mage.
How big is The Blade Mage?: The Blade Mage is 10 books, 2020–2026.

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