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Books like The Demon's Apprentice: 9 series to read next

The Demon's Apprentice is urban fantasy, set in contemporary. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Demon's Apprentice is 11 books, 2011–2023.

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The Mortal Instruments
Young Wizards
The World of Skulduggery Pleasant
Heir Chronicles
Worldweavers
Buffyverse
Otherworld (Kelley Armstrong)
Supernatural Investigations
The Iron Druid Chronicles

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

Reading order →

Young WizardsSeries

seriesDiane Duane24 books1983

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about coming of age and wizards, set in contemporary and our world.

“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 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 →

Heir ChroniclesSeries

seriesCinda Williams Chima5 books2006

Urban fantasy and fantasy, about wizards, set in contemporary and north america.

“Cinda Williams Chima's Heir Chronicles begins with The Warrior Heir, in which sixteen-year-old Jack learns he has hidden magical, warrior ancestry and is drawn into training to fight enemy wizards he didn't know existed.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Warrior Heir →

WorldweaversSeries

seriesAlma Alexander4 books2007

Urban fantasy and fantasy, about magic schools, set in contemporary and our world.

“What's more, her greatest strength may be the powerlessness she has resisted for so long.”
from the catalogue description of Gift of the Unmage

Start with Gift of the Unmage →

BuffyverseUniverse

universe205 books1992

About vampires.

“Into every generation a Slayer is born: one girl in all the world with the strength to stand against the vampires, the demons, and the forces of darkness.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

Otherworld (Kelley Armstrong)Series

seriesKelley Armstrong & Seanan McGuire100 books1996

Urban fantasy and paranormal, set in contemporary and our world.

“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 →

Supernatural InvestigationsSeries

seriesB. B. Alston4 books2021

“Quinton Peters was the golden boy of the Rosewood low-income housing projects, receiving full scholarship offers to two different Ivy League schools.”
from the catalogue description of Amari and the Night Brothers

Start with Amari and the Night Brothers →

The Iron Druid ChroniclesSeries

seriesKevin Hearne70 books2011

Urban fantasy, set in contemporary.

“All the books, including short stories, have recorded audiobooks narrated by Luke Daniels and Christopher Ragland”
from the catalogue description
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Start with The Chapel Perilous →

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 Demon's Apprentice?: The Mortal Instruments — the closest match to The Demon's Apprentice on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Demon's Apprentice?: The Demon's Apprentice. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Demon's Apprentice.
How big is The Demon's Apprentice?: The Demon's Apprentice is 11 books, 2011–2023.

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