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Books like The Nightshade Guild: 9 series to read next

The Nightshade Guild is set in contemporary. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Nightshade Guild is 22 books, 2021–2022.

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Young Wizards
The Mortal Instruments
The Iron Druid Chronicles
Underlayes Universe
The World of Skulduggery Pleasant
The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel
Worldweavers
Rivers of London
Chrestomanci

Young WizardsSeries

seriesDiane Duane24 books1983

About coming of age.

“Across fifteen books published between 1983 and 2019, the two age forward in something close to real time as their missions escalate from New York streets to alien worlds and beyond.”
from the catalogue description

Start with So You Want to Be a Wizard →

The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse

universe70 books2007

“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

Reading order →

The Iron Druid ChroniclesSeries

seriesKevin Hearne70 books2011

Urban fantasy, set in contemporary.

“All the books, including short stories, have recorded audiobooks narrated by Luke Daniels and Christopher Ragland”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Chapel Perilous →

Underlayes UniverseSeries

seriesT. A. Moorman10 books2016

Set in contemporary.

Reading order →

The World of Skulduggery PleasantSeries

seriesDerek Landy38 books2007

Dark fantasy.

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

Start with Across a Dark Plain →

The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas FlamelSeries

seriesMichael Scott15 books2007

About immortality.

“The first book in the series, The Alchemyst, was released in 2007, and the sequels were released at the rate of one per year, concluding with The Enchantress in 2012.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with The Alchemyst →

WorldweaversSeries

seriesAlma Alexander4 books2007

“What's more, her greatest strength may be the powerlessness she has resisted for so long.”
from the catalogue description of Gift of the Unmage

Start with Gift of the Unmage →

Rivers of LondonSeries

seriesBen Aaronovitch32 books2011

Mystery & detective, mysterious in tone, set in british isles and big city.

“The author Ben Aaronovitch has subsequently written nine books in the Peter Grant Series, plus accompanying novellas, short stories, comics and graphic novels.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Rivers of London →

ChrestomanciSeries

seriesDiana Wynne Jones12 books1977

Whimsical in tone, set in parallel universe and british isles.

“Greenwillow Books published a US edition within the calendar year.”
from the catalogue description of Charmed Life
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Charmed Life →

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 Nightshade Guild?: Young Wizards — the closest match to The Nightshade Guild on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Nightshade Guild?: Mated to a Mage. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Nightshade Guild.
How big is The Nightshade Guild?: The Nightshade Guild is 22 books, 2021–2022.

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