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Books like The Last Oracle: 9 series to read next

The Last Oracle is urban fantasy, about books and reading, set in contemporary and north america, tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Last Oracle is 9 books, 2018–2020.

“Abernathy's Bookstore is disorganized, out of the way, and smells funny, but it pays well and promises to be interesting.”
from the catalogue description of The Book of Secrets

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The Dresden Files
Anita Blake
The Curse Workers
October Daye
Alchemy of Secrets
Magic Ex Libris
Meredith Gentry
Chicagoland Vampires Universe
The Morganville Vampires

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.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with A Fistful of Warlocks →

Anita BlakeSeries

seriesLaurell K. Hamilton & Jonathon Green42 books1993

About vampires.

“The books have sold more than six million copies; many have made The New York Times Best Seller list.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Guilty Pleasures →

The Curse WorkersSeries

seriesHolly Black3 books2010

Fantasy, 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 →

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 →

Alchemy of SecretsSeries

seriesStephanie Garber1 book2025

Fantasy, 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 →

Magic Ex LibrisSeries

seriesJim C. Hines8 books2009

Urban fantasy, about books and reading, set in contemporary and north america.

“A key theme of the novel is the power of literature and knowledge.”
from the catalogue description of Libriomancer

Start with Libriomancer →

Meredith GentrySeries

seriesLaurell K. Hamilton10 books2000

Paranormal romance, about fae and court intrigue.

“The first book in the series, A Kiss of Shadows, was released by Del Rey on October 3, 2000.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with A Kiss of Shadows →

Chicagoland Vampires UniverseSeries

seriesChloe Neill25 books2009

Paranormal romance, about vampires.

Reading order →

The Morganville VampiresSeries

seriesRachel Caine40 books2006

Paranormal, about vampires.

“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 →

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.

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What should I read after The Last Oracle?: The Dresden Files — the closest match to The Last Oracle on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Last Oracle?: The Book of Secrets. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Last Oracle.
How big is The Last Oracle?: The Last Oracle is 9 books, 2018–2020.

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