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Books like Wicked Lovely: 9 series to read next

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

Wicked Lovely is 17 books, 2007–2022.

“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

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Meredith Gentry
Modern Tale of Faerie
The Mortal Instruments
Dark-Hunter
The World of Skulduggery Pleasant
Wings (Aprilynne Pike)
Caster Chronicles / Beautiful Creatures Universe
October Daye
de Lint Master Mythos

Meredith GentrySeries

seriesLaurell K. Hamilton10 books2000

About court intrigue.

“The first book in the series, A Kiss of Shadows, was released by Del Rey on October 3, 2000.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with A Kiss of Shadows →

Modern Tale of FaerieSeries

seriesHolly Black4 books2002

Urban fantasy and fantasy, about fae and coming of age, set in contemporary and our world.

Start with Tithe →

The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse

universe70 books2007

Urban fantasy and 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.”
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Start with Fantasy Lover →

The World of Skulduggery PleasantSeries

seriesDerek Landy38 books2007

Dark fantasy, adventurous in tone.

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

Start with Across a Dark Plain →

Wings (Aprilynne Pike)Series

seriesAprilynne Pike6 books2009

Fantasy, about fae and coming of age, set in contemporary and our world.

Start with Wings →

Caster Chronicles / Beautiful Creatures UniverseSeries

seriesKami Garcia & Margaret Stohl8 books2009

Fantasy, set in contemporary and north america.

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October DayeSeries

seriesSeanan McGuire42 books2009

Urban fantasy, about fae, set in contemporary and north america.

“Young October had to make important decisions about her future.”
from the catalogue description of Strangers in Court
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Start with Strangers in Court →

de Lint Master MythosUniverse

universe151 books1977

Urban fantasy, set in contemporary.

“Newford you find by ear — a fiddle tune drifting up from a subway grate, a story a friend swears is true, the particular hush of an alley where the streetlight never quite reaches.”
from the catalogue description

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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.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after Wicked Lovely?: Meredith Gentry — the closest match to Wicked Lovely on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Wicked Lovely?: Cold Iron Heart. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Wicked Lovely.
How big is Wicked Lovely?: Wicked Lovely is 17 books, 2007–2022.

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