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Books like The Collector: 9 series to read next

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

The Collector is 4 books, 2012–2013.

“When Sam Thornton is sent to collect the soul of a young woman accused of murdering her whole family, he, believing that the woman is innocent of the horrific crime that has doomed her to Hell, refuses to do the Devil's bidding.”
from the catalogue description of Dead Harvest

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Dante Valentine
Sandman Slim
Anita Blake
Felix Castor
Meredith Gentry
Mookie Pearl
Cal Leandros
The Jeremiah Hunt Chronicles
Shadow Saga II (Christopher Golden)

Dante ValentineSeries

seriesLilith Saintcrow6 books2006

Urban fantasy, dark and tense in tone, about demons, set in contemporary.

“Working for the Devil opens Lilith Saintcrow's Dante Valentine series with Dante, a necromancer-for-hire who reluctantly takes a job from the Devil himself: kill a rogue demon, Vardimal Santino, in exchange for her life.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Working for the Devil →

Sandman SlimSeries

seriesRichard Kadrey15 books2009

Urban fantasy, dark in tone, set in contemporary and our world.

“Richard Kadrey's Sandman Slim follows James Stark, a magician who spent eleven years trapped fighting in Hell before escaping back to a Los Angeles that isn't much friendlier, looking for revenge against the circle that sent him there.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Sandman Slim →

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
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Start with Guilty Pleasures →

Felix CastorSeries

seriesMike Carey7 books2006

Set in british isles.

“Mike Carey's Felix Castor novels follow a freelance exorcist working London's supernatural underside, taking paying jobs to banish ghosts and bind demons in a city where the dead don't always stay quiet.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Devil You Know →

Meredith GentrySeries

seriesLaurell K. Hamilton10 books2000

Paranormal romance, about fae and political intrigue.

“The first book in the series, A Kiss of Shadows, was released by Del Rey on October 3, 2000.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with A Kiss of Shadows →

Mookie PearlSeries

seriesChuck Wendig2 books2013

About parenthood.

Start with The Blue Blazes →

Cal LeandrosSeries

seriesRob Thurman13 books2006

Urban fantasy, dark and tense in tone, set in contemporary and big city.

“There's a troll under the Brooklyn Bridge, a boggle in Central Park, and a beautiful vampire in a penthouse on the Upper East Side-and that's only the beginning.”
from the catalogue description of Nightlife
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Nightlife →

The Jeremiah Hunt ChroniclesSeries

seriesJoseph Nassise3 books2011

Urban fantasy, dark and tense in tone, set in contemporary and north america.

“Desperate to reclaim what he has lost, Hunt finally turns to the supernatural for justice.”
from the catalogue description of Eyes to See

Start with Eyes to See →

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 →

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 Collector?: Dante Valentine — the closest match to The Collector on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Collector?: Dead Harvest. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Collector.
How big is The Collector?: The Collector is 4 books, 2012–2013.

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