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Books like Villain.net: 9 series to read next

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

Villain.net is 4 books, 2008–2010.

“Fourteen-year-old Jake Hunter goes from average bully to villain after finding a website that lets him download superpowers, but when he joins forces with the supervillain Basilisk, he may be in over his head.”
from the catalogue description of Council of Evil

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Renegades (Marissa Meyer)
Jumper
The Missing
Star Shards
Kairos
Raised by Wolves
Reckoners
The Heroic Adventures of Kate
The Extraordinaries (TJ Klune)

Renegades (Marissa Meyer)Series

seriesMarissa Meyer3 books2017

Set in big city 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 →

JumperSeries

seriesSteven Gould6 books1992

About psychic powers.

“Steven Gould's series continues across Reflex, Impulse, and Exo, later following his and his wife's daughter as a second-generation jumper.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Jumper →

The MissingSeries

seriesMargaret Peterson Haddix10 books2008

Time travel.

“Jonah Skidmore is one of the stolen children, and he, along with his non-adopted sister Katherine, must help return the missing kids to their rightful places in history and fix time before it is destroyed.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Found →

Star ShardsSeries

seriesNeal Shusterman3 books1995

Fantasy.

“Six teenagers are horrified to discover that an evil force has taken control of them.”
from the catalogue description of Scorpion Shards

Start with Scorpion Shards →

KairosSeries

seriesMadeleine L'Engle11 books1962

Science fiction.

Reading order →

Raised by WolvesSeries

seriesJennifer Lynn Barnes3 books2010

Paranormal and fantasy, about werewolves.

“A girl raised by werewolves must face the horrors of her past to uncover the dark secrets that the pack has worked so hard to hide.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Raised by Wolves →

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 →

The Heroic Adventures of KateSeries

seriesT. A. Barron3 books1990

Fantasy.

“T. A. Barron links three standalone novels around a resourceful girl named Kate confronting environmental threats through fantastical means.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Heartlight →

The Extraordinaries (TJ Klune)Series

seriesTJ Klune3 books2020

Lighthearted in tone, set in big city.

“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 →

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 Villain.net?: Renegades (Marissa Meyer) — the closest match to Villain.net on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Villain.net?: Council of Evil. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Villain.net.
How big is Villain.net?: Villain.net is 4 books, 2008–2010.

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