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Books like Yancy Lazarus: 9 series to read next

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

Yancy Lazarus is 9 books, 2015–2020.

“Yancy Lazarus is having a bad day: there's a bullet lodged in his butt cheek, his face looks like the site of a demolition derby, and he's been saran-wrapped to a banquet table.”
from the catalogue description of Strange Magic

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The Dresden Files
Anita Blake
Meredith Gentry
The Hollows
The Curse Workers
Allie Beckstrom Universe
Cal Leandros
Cassandra Palmer
The Legendborn Cycle

The Dresden FilesSeries

seriesJim Butcher & Mark Powers (comics)56 books2000

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

“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 →

Anita BlakeSeries

seriesLaurell K. Hamilton & Jonathon Green42 books1993

About vampires.

“The books have sold more than six million copies; many have made The New York Times Best Seller list.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Guilty Pleasures →

Meredith GentrySeries

seriesLaurell K. Hamilton10 books2000

Paranormal romance, about political intrigue and court intrigue.

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

The HollowsSeries

seriesKim Harrison39 books2004

About witches.

Start with The Turn →

The Curse WorkersSeries

seriesHolly Black3 books2010

About family secrets and curses.

“Holly Black's Curse Workers trilogy is set in an alternate America where 'curse work' — magic that harms or transforms through touch — is illegal, enforced through gloves and Prohibition-era-style crime families.”
from the catalogue description

Start with White Cat →

Allie Beckstrom UniverseSeries

seriesDevon Monk14 books2008

Urban fantasy, set in contemporary.

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Cal LeandrosSeries

seriesRob Thurman13 books2006

Urban fantasy, tense and dark in tone, set in contemporary and big city.

“There's a troll under the Brooklyn Bridge, a boggle in Central Park, and a beautiful vampire in a penthouse on the Upper East Side-and that's only the beginning.”
from the catalogue description of Nightlife
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Start with Nightlife →

Cassandra PalmerUniverse

universe40 books2006

Urban fantasy, set in contemporary and our world.

“Cassie Palmer sees dead people, reads the future, and was raised by vampires who'd have sold her to the highest bidder — and that's before the job offer.”
from the catalogue description

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The Legendborn CycleSeries

seriesTracy Deonn3 books2020

“Tracy Deonn's Legendborn Cycle follows Bree Matthews, a Black teenager who enrolls in an early-college program and stumbles into a secret society descended from Arthurian legend operating alongside her North Carolina campus.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Legendborn →

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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 Yancy Lazarus?: The Dresden Files — the closest match to Yancy Lazarus on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Yancy Lazarus?: Strange Magic. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Yancy Lazarus.
How big is Yancy Lazarus?: Yancy Lazarus is 9 books, 2015–2020.

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