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Books like Underlayes Universe: 9 series to read next

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

Underlayes Universe is 10 books, 2016–2024.

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The Mortal Instruments
Dark-Hunter
Otherworld (Kelley Armstrong)
Caster Chronicles / Beautiful Creatures Universe
Night Huntress
Wicked Lovely
Vampire Academy Universe
Blue Bloods
House of Night

The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse

universe70 books2007

Fantasy and urban fantasy, set in contemporary.

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

Start with Fantasy Lover →

Otherworld (Kelley Armstrong)Series

seriesKelley Armstrong & Seanan McGuire100 books1996

Urban fantasy and paranormal, set in contemporary and our world.

“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 →

Caster Chronicles / Beautiful Creatures UniverseSeries

seriesKami Garcia & Margaret Stohl8 books2009

Fantasy, set in contemporary and north america.

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Night HuntressUniverse

universe53 books2007

Urban fantasy and paranormal romance, 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.”
from the catalogue description

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Wicked LovelySeries

seriesMelissa Marr17 books2007

About fae.

“Later books widen out to other faerie courts and other narrators drawn into the same modern-day faerie politics layered invisibly over ordinary life.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Cold Iron Heart →

Vampire Academy UniverseSeries

seriesRichelle Mead & Michelle Rowen19 books2007

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

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Blue BloodsUniverse

universe25 books2006

About vampires, set in contemporary and north america.

“The oldest families in America are not merely rich.”
from the catalogue description

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

Start with Marked →

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 Underlayes Universe?: The Mortal Instruments — the closest match to Underlayes Universe on what it is about, not on what sells.
How big is Underlayes Universe?: Underlayes Universe is 10 books, 2016–2024.

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