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Books like The Curse Workers: 9 series to read next

The Curse Workers is urban fantasy and fantasy, about family secrets, set in contemporary, tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Curse Workers is 3 books, 2010–2012.

“Holly Black's Curse Workers trilogy is set in an alternate America where 'curse work' — magic that harms or transforms through touch — is illegal, enforced through gloves and Prohibition-era-style crime families.”
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The Legendborn Cycle
The Dresden Files
The Dark Elite
Meredith Gentry
The Morganville Vampires
Alchemy of Secrets
October Daye
Midnighters
Cold Fury

The Legendborn CycleSeries

seriesTracy Deonn3 books2020

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

“Tracy Deonn's Legendborn Cycle follows Bree Matthews, a Black teenager who enrolls in an early-college program and stumbles into a secret society descended from Arthurian legend operating alongside her North Carolina campus.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Legendborn →

The Dresden FilesSeries

seriesJim Butcher & Mark Powers (comics)56 books2000

About wizards.

“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.”
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Start with A Fistful of Warlocks →

The Dark EliteSeries

seriesChloe Neill3 books2009

About magic schools.

“Lily's parents have sent her to a fancy boarding school in Chicago filled with the ultra-rich.”
from the catalogue description of Firespell

Start with Firespell →

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.”
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Start with A Kiss of Shadows →

The Morganville VampiresSeries

seriesRachel Caine40 books2006

About vampires, set in small town.

“The novels feature Claire Danvers, a student at Texas Prairie University, and her housemates in the vampire-controlled city of Morganville, Texas.”
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Start with Glass Houses →

Alchemy of SecretsSeries

seriesStephanie Garber1 book2025

About magical artifacts.

“Pulled into a hidden magical Los Angeles alongside a stranger who claims her missing sister sent him to protect her, Holland has to work out who is lying to her before the clock runs out.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Alchemy of Secrets →

October DayeSeries

seriesSeanan McGuire42 books2009

About fae.

“Young October had to make important decisions about her future.”
from the catalogue description of Strangers in Court
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Start with Strangers in Court →

MidnightersSeries

seriesScott Westerfeld3 books2004

Science fiction, about psychic powers and found family.

“Over the course of the trilogy, Jessica encounters other Midnighters with whom she allies herself.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with The Secret Hour →

Cold FurySeries

seriesT. M. Goeglein3 books2012

Thriller & suspense.

“Sixteen-year-old Chicago preparatory school student Sara Jane Rispoli must unravel a web of complex mysteries after her family goes missing and she is pursued by unknown enemies.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Cold Fury →

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.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after The Curse Workers?: The Legendborn Cycle — the closest match to The Curse Workers on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Curse Workers?: White Cat. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Curse Workers.
How big is The Curse Workers?: The Curse Workers is 3 books, 2010–2012.

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