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Books like The Legendborn Cycle: 9 series to read next

The Legendborn Cycle is urban fantasy, 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 Legendborn Cycle is 3 books, 2020–2025.

“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.”
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The Curse Workers
Meredith Gentry
The Dresden Files
The Mortal Instruments
House of Night
The Morganville Vampires
Mercy Thompson
de Lint Master Mythos
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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 →

Meredith GentrySeries

seriesLaurell K. Hamilton10 books2000

Paranormal romance, about fae and political intrigue.

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

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.”
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Start with A Fistful of Warlocks →

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.”
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House of NightSeries

seriesKristin Cast & P. C. Cast20 books2007

Paranormal, about vampires.

“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.”
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Start with Marked →

The Morganville VampiresSeries

seriesRachel Caine40 books2006

Paranormal, about vampires, 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
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Start with Glass Houses →

Mercy ThompsonUniverse

universe45 books2006

About werewolves.

“Patricia Briggs builds this world across two interlocking series.”
from the catalogue description

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de Lint Master MythosUniverse

universe151 books1977

Urban fantasy, set in contemporary.

“Newford you find by ear — a fiddle tune drifting up from a subway grate, a story a friend swears is true, the particular hush of an alley where the streetlight never quite reaches.”
from the catalogue description

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NeedSeries

seriesCarrie Jones4 books2009

About fae.

“The focus of the story is a teenage girl named Zara, who joins a struggle against a society of malicious pixies.”
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Start with Need →

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 Legendborn Cycle?: The Curse Workers — the closest match to The Legendborn Cycle on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Legendborn Cycle?: Legendborn. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Legendborn Cycle.
How big is The Legendborn Cycle?: The Legendborn Cycle is 3 books, 2020–2025.

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