Series
Books like The Dresden Files: 9 series to read next
The Dresden Files is urban fantasy, about wizards, set in contemporary and north america. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.
The Dresden Files is 56 books, 2000–2026.
“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.”
from the catalogue description
- Rivers of London
- Alex Verus
- The Iron Druid Chronicles
- Nightside
- Mercy Thompson
- The Hollows
- October Daye
- Anita Blake
- Chicagoland Vampires Universe
- Rivers of LondonSeries
seriesBen Aaronovitch32 books2011
Loreful pick
The same wizard-meets-police-procedural bargain, with British paperwork and a much drier narrator.
matchedcontemporaryurban fantasymystery & detectivemurder investigationbig citymysterious
- Alex VerusSeries
seriesBenedict Jacka14 books2012
Loreful pick
Closest structural cousin in the corpus: a London mage, escalating factions, one man's narrow edge.
matchedcontemporaryurban fantasy
seriesKevin Hearne70 books2011
Loreful pick
Wisecracking immortal, angry pantheons, escalating scale — Dresden's tone with mythology as the engine.
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- NightsideSeries
seriesSimon R. Green23 books2003
Loreful pick
Noir-soaked supernatural detective work in a city that is itself the antagonist.
matchedcontemporaryurban fantasybig citydark
- Mercy ThompsonUniverse
universe45 books2006
Loreful pick
The other long-running urban fantasy that treats its werewolf and fae politics as a real, load-bearing world.
matchedcontemporaryurban fantasynorth americafirst personwerewolves
- The HollowsSeries
seriesKim Harrison39 books2004
About witches.
matchedcontemporaryurban fantasynorth americademons
- October DayeSeries
seriesSeanan McGuire42 books2009
Urban fantasy, about fae, set in contemporary and north america.
matchedcontemporaryurban fantasynorth americafae
- Anita BlakeSeries
seriesLaurell K. Hamilton & Jonathon Green42 books1993
Urban fantasy, tense and dark in tone, about vampires, set in contemporary and north america.
matchedcontemporaryurban fantasytensenorth americavampiresdark
seriesChloe Neill25 books2009
Paranormal romance.
matchedcontemporaryurban fantasynorth americabig cityvampires
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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 Dresden Files?
- Rivers of London. The same wizard-meets-police-procedural bargain, with British paperwork and a much drier narrator.
- Where do I start with The Dresden Files?
- A Fistful of Warlocks. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Dresden Files.
- How big is The Dresden Files?
- The Dresden Files is 56 books, 2000–2026.