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Books like The Shadow Guild: 9 series to read next

The Shadow Guild is urban fantasy and paranormal romance, set in our world and contemporary. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Shadow Guild is 16 books across 5 series, 2020–2021.

“Linsey Hall runs this urban-fantasy romance at a sprint through neon-lit, spell-slick streets, where a Guild contract is never only a contract and the fated match at the end of it tends to bite back.”
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Night Huntress
Dark-Hunter
Chicagoland Vampires Universe
Mercy Thompson
Otherworld (Kelley Armstrong)
Cassandra Palmer
The Mortal Instruments
Fixed / The Others
The Dresden Files

Night HuntressUniverse

universe53 books2007

Paranormal romance and urban fantasy, about vampires, set in contemporary and our world.

“You hit harder, heal faster, and the monsters that murdered half your family never see you coming.”
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Dark-HunterSeries

seriesSherrilyn Kenyon, Alethea Kontis, Carol Shaughnessy & Madaug Kenyon65 books2000

Paranormal romance, set in contemporary and our world.

“Kenyon began writing the series in 1986 in horror, fantasy and science fiction magazines.”
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Start with Fantasy Lover →

Chicagoland Vampires UniverseSeries

seriesChloe Neill25 books2009

Set in north america.

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Mercy ThompsonUniverse

universe45 books2006

Set in north america.

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

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Otherworld (Kelley Armstrong)Series

seriesKelley Armstrong & Seanan McGuire100 books1996

Set in north america.

“Each book tends to follow a different member of this hidden community while slowly building a shared, continuing world.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Paranormal Romance Blues →

Cassandra PalmerUniverse

universe40 books2006

Urban fantasy, set in contemporary and our world.

“Cassie Palmer sees dead people, reads the future, and was raised by vampires who'd have sold her to the highest bidder — and that's before the job offer.”
from the catalogue description

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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

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Fixed / The OthersSeries

seriesChristine Warren23 books2003

Paranormal romance, set in contemporary and our world.

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The Dresden FilesSeries

seriesJim Butcher & Mark Powers (comics)56 books2000

About wizards, set in 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.”
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Start with A Fistful of Warlocks →

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 Shadow Guild?: Night Huntress — the closest match to The Shadow Guild on what it is about, not on what sells.
How big is The Shadow Guild?: The Shadow Guild is 16 books across 5 series, 2020–2021.

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