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Books like Wicked Games (Kaylie Smith): 9 series to read next

Wicked Games (Kaylie Smith) is dark fantasy and fantasy, about survival and deal with the devil, tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Wicked Games (Kaylie Smith) is 2 books, 2024–2025.

“When Ophelia’s sister disappears, there is only one way to save her.”
from the catalogue description of Phantasma

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The Scholomance
The Shepherd King
Stephen King multiverse
Kingdom of the Wicked (Kerri Maniscalco)
Blood of Lilith
Darwath
The Crucible (Abigail Owen)
Witches Steeped in Gold
The Plated Prisoner

The ScholomanceSeries

seriesNaomi Novik3 books2020

About magic schools and wizards.

Start with A Deadly Education →

The Shepherd KingSeries

seriesRachel Gillig2 books2022

Fantasy and romantasy.

Start with One Dark Window →

Stephen King multiverseUniverse

universe46 books1967

Dark in tone.

“The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Gunslinger →

Kingdom of the Wicked (Kerri Maniscalco)Series

seriesKerri Maniscalco6 books2020

Fantasy and romantasy, about demons.

“Kerri Maniscalco's trilogy follows Emilia, a Sicilian witch whose twin sister is murdered by a serial killer targeting witches, forcing her into an uneasy bargain with Wrath, one of the seven princes of Hell, to hunt the culprit.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Kingdom of the Wicked →

Blood of LilithSeries

seriesScarlett St. Clair1 book2025

About political intrigue, set in big city.

“Estranged from her powerful family, Lilith Leviathan finds refuge in Nineveh, a district in the city of Eden devoted to sin.”
from the catalogue description of Terror at the Gates

Start with Terror at the Gates →

DarwathSeries

seriesBarbara Hambly7 books1982

Fantasy, dark in tone, set in secondary world.

“Darwath begins with two modern-day Californians pulled through a portal into a dying medieval world under siege from the Dark, shape-shifting monsters that hunt by night and are driving civilization underground.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Time of the Dark →

The Crucible (Abigail Owen)Series

seriesAbigail Owen2 books2024

About gods.

“For the first time ever, the ruthless, mercurial King of the Underworld has entered the Crucible—the deadly contest the gods hold to determine a new ruler to sit on the throne of Olympus.”
from the catalogue description of The Games Gods Play

Start with The Games Gods Play →

Witches Steeped in GoldSeries

seriesCiannon Smart2 books2021

About witches and political intrigue.

Start with Witches Steeped in Gold →

The Plated PrisonerSeries

seriesRaven Kennedy6 books2020

“Gold floors, gold walls, gold furniture, gold clothes.”
from the catalogue description of Gild

Start with Gild →

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 Wicked Games (Kaylie Smith)?: The Scholomance — the closest match to Wicked Games (Kaylie Smith) on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Wicked Games (Kaylie Smith)?: Phantasma. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Wicked Games (Kaylie Smith).
How big is Wicked Games (Kaylie Smith)?: Wicked Games (Kaylie Smith) is 2 books, 2024–2025.

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