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Books like Wizard (Simon Hawke): 9 series to read next

Wizard (Simon Hawke) is urban fantasy, set in contemporary. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Wizard (Simon Hawke) is 13 books, 1987–2025.

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The Dresden Files
Rivers of London
The Iron Druid Chronicles
The Mortal Instruments
Alex Verus
The Cosa Nostradamus
The World of Skulduggery Pleasant
October Daye
Otherworld (Kelley Armstrong)

The Dresden FilesSeries

seriesJim Butcher & Mark Powers (comics)56 books2000

“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
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Start with A Fistful of Warlocks →

Rivers of LondonSeries

seriesBen Aaronovitch32 books2011

Urban fantasy and mystery & detective, mysterious in tone, about murder investigation, set in contemporary and big city.

“The author Ben Aaronovitch has subsequently written nine books in the Peter Grant Series, plus accompanying novellas, short stories, comics and graphic novels.”
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Start with Rivers of London →

The Iron Druid ChroniclesSeries

seriesKevin Hearne70 books2011

Urban fantasy, set in contemporary.

“All the books, including short stories, have recorded audiobooks narrated by Luke Daniels and Christopher Ragland”
from the catalogue description
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Start with The Chapel Perilous →

The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse

universe70 books2007

“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

Reading order →

Alex VerusSeries

seriesBenedict Jacka14 books2012

Urban fantasy, set in contemporary.

“Starting with Fated, the series escalates from small jobs and favors into open conflict with the Council structure and Alex's own former master, as his precognitive gift proves more dangerous to wield than it first appears.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Fated →

The Cosa NostradamusSeries

seriesLaura Anne Gilman24 books2004

Urban fantasy, set in contemporary.

Start with Dusted →

The World of Skulduggery PleasantSeries

seriesDerek Landy38 books2007

Dark fantasy.

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

Start with Across a Dark Plain →

October DayeSeries

seriesSeanan McGuire42 books2009

About fae.

“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 →

Otherworld (Kelley Armstrong)Series

seriesKelley Armstrong & Seanan McGuire100 books1996

Paranormal.

“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 →

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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 Wizard (Simon Hawke)?: The Dresden Files — the closest match to Wizard (Simon Hawke) on what it is about, not on what sells.
How big is Wizard (Simon Hawke)?: Wizard (Simon Hawke) is 13 books, 1987–2025.

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