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Books like Twenty Palaces: 9 series to read next

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

Twenty Palaces is 6 books, 2009–2017.

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Alex Stern
Anita Blake
The Legendborn Cycle
The World of Skulduggery Pleasant
Cal Leandros
The Dresden Files
Shannara
Sandman Slim
Buffyverse

Alex SternSeries

seriesLeigh Bardugo4 books2019

Urban fantasy and dark fantasy, set in contemporary and big city.

“The opening novel, Ninth House, establishes her as an outsider gifted with the ability to see ghosts; the sequels continue her investigation into the societies' abuses and the murder that first drew her into Lethe's world.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Ninth House →

Anita BlakeSeries

seriesLaurell K. Hamilton & Jonathon Green42 books1993

About vampires.

“The books have sold more than six million copies; many have made The New York Times Best Seller list.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Guilty Pleasures →

The Legendborn CycleSeries

seriesTracy Deonn3 books2020

“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 →

The World of Skulduggery PleasantSeries

seriesDerek Landy38 books2007

Adventurous in tone.

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

Start with Across a Dark Plain →

Cal LeandrosSeries

seriesRob Thurman13 books2006

Urban fantasy, dark and tense in tone, set in contemporary and big city.

“There's a troll under the Brooklyn Bridge, a boggle in Central Park, and a beautiful vampire in a penthouse on the Upper East Side-and that's only the beginning.”
from the catalogue description of Nightlife
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Nightlife →

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.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with A Fistful of Warlocks →

ShannaraUniverse

universe50 books1977

Epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Long after the world we know has burned itself to slag in the Great Wars, the Four Lands rise green over the bones of the old age.”
from the catalogue description

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Sandman SlimSeries

seriesRichard Kadrey15 books2009

Urban fantasy, dark in tone, set in contemporary and 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 →

BuffyverseUniverse

universe205 books1992

About vampires.

“Into every generation a Slayer is born: one girl in all the world with the strength to stand against the vampires, the demons, and the forces of darkness.”
from the catalogue description

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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 Twenty Palaces?: Alex Stern — the closest match to Twenty Palaces on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Twenty Palaces?: Child of Fire. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Twenty Palaces.
How big is Twenty Palaces?: Twenty Palaces is 6 books, 2009–2017.

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