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Books like The Dark Elite: 9 series to read next

The Dark Elite is urban fantasy, about magic schools and coming of age, 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 Dark Elite is 3 books, 2009–2012.

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

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The Curse Workers
The Morganville Vampires
Otherworld (Kelley Armstrong)
The Legendborn Cycle
Anita Blake
House of Night
The Mortal Instruments
The Hollows
Midnighters

The Curse WorkersSeries

seriesHolly Black3 books2010

About family secrets and curses.

“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.”
from the catalogue description

Start with White Cat →

The Morganville VampiresSeries

seriesRachel Caine40 books2006

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.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Glass Houses →

Otherworld (Kelley Armstrong)Series

seriesKelley Armstrong & Seanan McGuire100 books1996

Urban fantasy and paranormal, set in contemporary and north america.

“Each book tends to follow a different member of this hidden community while slowly building a shared, continuing world.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Paranormal Romance Blues →

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 →

Anita BlakeSeries

seriesLaurell K. Hamilton & Jonathon Green42 books1993

Dark in tone.

“The books have sold more than six million copies; many have made The New York Times Best Seller list.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Guilty Pleasures →

House of NightSeries

seriesKristin Cast & P. C. Cast20 books2007

Paranormal and fantasy, about vampires, set in contemporary and north america.

“Books in the series have been on the New York Times Best Seller list for 63 weeks and have sold over seven million copies in North America, and more than ten million books worldwide, in 39 countries.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Marked →

The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse

universe70 books2007

Urban fantasy and fantasy, set in contemporary.

“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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The HollowsSeries

seriesKim Harrison39 books2004

Urban fantasy, about witches and demons, set in contemporary and north america.

Start with The Turn →

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
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Secret Hour →

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 Dark Elite?: The Curse Workers — the closest match to The Dark Elite on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Dark Elite?: Firespell. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Dark Elite.
How big is The Dark Elite?: The Dark Elite is 3 books, 2009–2012.

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