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Books like The Devil's Engine: 9 series to read next

The Devil's Engine is dark fantasy, about demons and deal with the devil, set in contemporary, dark in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Devil's Engine is 3 books, 2015–2017.

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Demonata
The Half Bad Trilogy
Dante Valentine
Shannara
The Scholomance
The Legendborn Cycle
The Coldest Girl in Coldtown
The World of Skulduggery Pleasant
Nina Kane / The Stars Never Rise

DemonataSeries

seriesDarren Shan10 books2005

Horror.

“Lord Loss is an extreme horror fiction which transcribes the encounters of a boy, Grubbs Grady, after the shock of his family's brutal murder at the hands of demons, and his later experiences with uncle Dervish.”
from the catalogue description of Lord Loss
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Start with Lord Loss →

The Half Bad TrilogySeries

seriesSally Green4 books2014

About witches.

“Sally Green's Half Bad is set in a modern Britain where witches live alongside ordinary humans, split between a persecuted Black witch minority and a dominant White witch majority.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Half Bad →

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 →

ShannaraUniverse

universe50 books1977

Epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Long after the world we know has burned itself to slag in the Great Wars, the Four Lands rise green over the bones of the old age.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

The ScholomanceSeries

seriesNaomi Novik3 books2020

About magic schools and wizards, set in secondary world.

Start with A Deadly Education →

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 Coldest Girl in ColdtownSeries

seriesHolly Black2 books2009

Paranormal, about vampires.

Start with The Coldest Girl in Coldtown →

The World of Skulduggery PleasantSeries

seriesDerek Landy38 books2007

Dark fantasy and urban fantasy, adventurous in tone, set in contemporary and our world.

“None require following a separate ongoing plot of their own.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Across a Dark Plain →

Nina Kane / The Stars Never RiseSeries

seriesRachel Vincent2 books2015

Fantasy, dark and tense in tone, about demons and survival, set in contemporary.

“Sixteen-year-old Nina Kane should be worrying about her immortal soul, but she's too busy trying to actually survive.”
from the catalogue description of The Stars Never Rise

Start with The Stars Never Rise →

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 Devil's Engine?: Demonata — the closest match to The Devil's Engine on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Devil's Engine?: Hellraisers. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Devil's Engine.
How big is The Devil's Engine?: The Devil's Engine is 3 books, 2015–2017.

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