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Books like The Cleaners: 9 series to read next

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

The Cleaners is 5 books, 2015–2019.

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InCryptid
Medusa Girls
Gale Family
The Great Cities
Bromeliad
Mercy Thompson
The Mortal Instruments
War for the Oaks
October Daye

InCryptidSeries

seriesSeanan McGuire53 books2012

Set in north america.

Start with Discount Armageddon →

Medusa GirlsSeries

seriesTera Lynn Childs10 books2011

“Three modern teenage girls meet and find out that they are descendants of Medusa, destined to fight monsters.”
from the catalogue description of Sweet Venom

Start with Sweet Venom →

Gale FamilySeries

seriesTanya Huff3 books2009

Set in north america.

“Tanya Huff's urban fantasy trilogy follows Alysha Gale, a member of a Canadian family whose charms can reshape reality, after she inherits her grandmother's junk shop in Calgary and discovers it doubles as a gateway into the fae world.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Enchantment Emporium →

The Great CitiesSeries

seriesN. K. Jemisin3 books2016

Fantasy, set in north america.

“N. K. Jemisin's Great Cities duology imagines that great cities can awaken as living, sentient avatars defending themselves against extradimensional threats.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The City We Became →

BromeliadSeries

seriesTerry Pratchett3 books1989

Fantasy, about transported to another world and survival.

“The trilogy tells the story of the Nomes, a race of tiny people from another world who now live hidden among humans.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Truckers →

Mercy ThompsonUniverse

universe45 books2006

About werewolves, set in north america.

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

Reading order →

The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse

universe70 books2007

Fantasy.

“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

Reading order →

War for the OaksSeries

seriesEmma Bull & Will Shetterly2 books1987

Fantasy, about fae and music, set in north america.

Start with War for the Oaks →

October DayeSeries

seriesSeanan McGuire42 books2009

About fae, set in north america.

“Young October had to make important decisions about her future.”
from the catalogue description of Strangers in Court
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Strangers in Court →

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 Cleaners?: InCryptid — the closest match to The Cleaners on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Cleaners?: Enter the Janitor. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Cleaners.
How big is The Cleaners?: The Cleaners is 5 books, 2015–2019.

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