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Books like The Mortal Instruments: 9 series to read next

The Mortal Instruments is urban fantasy and fantasy, about forbidden love, set in british isles, emotional in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Mortal Instruments is 70 books across 8 series, 2007–2026.

“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

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The Dresden Files
Vampire Academy Universe
Karou
The Wolves of Mercy Falls
The Legendborn Cycle
House of Night
Fallen
The Morganville Vampires
Hush, Hush

The Dresden FilesSeries

seriesJim Butcher & Mark Powers (comics)56 books2000

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

“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 →

Vampire Academy UniverseSeries

seriesRichelle Mead & Michelle Rowen19 books2007

Fantasy and paranormal romance, about vampires, set in contemporary.

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KarouSeries

seriesLaini Taylor4 books2011

Fantasy, emotional in tone, set in secondary world.

“From copyright page: Seventeen year old Karou, a lovely, enigmatic art student in a Prague boarding school, carries a sketchbook of hideous, frightening monsters - the chimerae who form the only family she has ever known.”
from the catalogue description of Daughter of Smoke & Bone
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Start with Daughter of Smoke & Bone →

The Wolves of Mercy FallsSeries

seriesMaggie Stiefvater4 books2009

About werewolves.

“Set in the fictional town of Mercy Falls, Stiefvater has stated that the real town of Ely in Minnesota would be its closest neighbouring destination, with the two towns sharing a similar climate.”
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Start with Shiver →

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 →

House of NightSeries

seriesKristin Cast & P. C. Cast20 books2007

Fantasy and paranormal, about vampires, set in contemporary and north america.

“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 →

FallenSeries

seriesLauren Kate7 books2009

About reincarnation.

“Lauren Kate's Fallen opens with Luce Price, sent to a reform school in Savannah after a fire she can't explain, where she meets Daniel, a boy she is certain she has met before.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Fallen →

The Morganville VampiresSeries

seriesRachel Caine40 books2006

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.”
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Start with Glass Houses →

Hush, HushSeries

seriesBecca Fitzpatrick5 books2009

Paranormal romance, emotional in tone, about forbidden love and identity, set in contemporary and north america.

“The first book in the series, Hush, Hush, was released on October 13, 2009 through Simon & Schuster, with the final novel in the series, Finale, releasing on October 23, 2012.”
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Start with Hush, Hush →

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 Mortal Instruments?: The Dresden Files — the closest match to The Mortal Instruments on what it is about, not on what sells.
How big is The Mortal Instruments?: The Mortal Instruments is 70 books across 8 series, 2007–2026.

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