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Books like The Sinister Six: 9 series to read next

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

The Sinister Six is 3 books, 1999–2002.

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Renegades (Marissa Meyer)
Reckoners
Icarus Project
DC
Sandman Slim
The Extraordinaries (TJ Klune)
The Dresden Files
Superhero by Night: The Wraith
Dante Valentine

Renegades (Marissa Meyer)Series

seriesMarissa Meyer3 books2017

About identity, set in our world and near future.

“Marissa Meyer's trilogy, continuing through Archenemies and Supernova, plays the two factions' history against the leads' divided loyalties; Meyer has said she doesn't plan to extend the series further.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Renegades →

ReckonersSeries

seriesBrandon Sanderson & Steven Bohls6 books2013

Set in near future.

“One young man orphaned by a High Epic joins a group that is killing Epics.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Steelheart →

Icarus ProjectSeries

seriesCaitlin Kittredge & Jackie Kessler2 books2009

About friendship and identity.

“The second book, Shades of Gray, was released in June 2010.”
from the catalogue description of Black and White

Start with Black and White →

DCUniverse

universe542 books1942

Superhero, set in contemporary.

“Above Metropolis a figure holds the sun at his back; across the bay, Gotham keeps its secrets in the dark.”
from the catalogue description

Start with It's Superman! →

Sandman SlimSeries

seriesRichard Kadrey15 books2009

Urban fantasy, dark in tone, set in our world.

“Richard Kadrey's Sandman Slim follows James Stark, a magician who spent eleven years trapped fighting in Hell before escaping back to a Los Angeles that isn't much friendlier, looking for revenge against the circle that sent him there.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Sandman Slim →

The Extraordinaries (TJ Klune)Series

seriesTJ Klune3 books2020

Lighthearted in tone, about coming of age and identity.

“The Extraordinaries follows Nick Bell, a fanfiction-writing teenager with ADHD who is infatuated with his city's resident superhero, Shadow Star, and decides the only way to get noticed is to become extraordinary himself.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Extraordinaries →

The Dresden FilesSeries

seriesJim Butcher & Mark Powers (comics)56 books2000

Urban fantasy, 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
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with A Fistful of Warlocks →

Superhero by Night: The WraithSeries

seriesJeffery H. Haskell5 books2018

Superhero, set in contemporary and big city.

Start with The Wraith →

Dante ValentineSeries

seriesLilith Saintcrow6 books2006

Urban fantasy, dark in tone, about demons.

“Working for the Devil opens Lilith Saintcrow's Dante Valentine series with Dante, a necromancer-for-hire who reluctantly takes a job from the Devil himself: kill a rogue demon, Vardimal Santino, in exchange for her life.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Working for the Devil →

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.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after The Sinister Six?: Renegades (Marissa Meyer) — the closest match to The Sinister Six on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Sinister Six?: The Gathering of the Sinister Six. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Sinister Six.
How big is The Sinister Six?: The Sinister Six is 3 books, 1999–2002.

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