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30 fantasy books to read after An Ice Cold Grave, by Harris, Charlaine, the closest match first.

  1. Dead Until Dark: Sookie Stackhouse #1

    1. Dead Until Dark: Sookie Stackhouse #1

    by Harris, Charlaine

    • Same author
    • On the same lists

    HBO created must-see television with True Blood. The same can't be said for the series it's based on. Harris is one of the worst writers on this list. Her abilities...

  2. Men At Arms

    2. Men At Arms

    by Pratchett, Terry

    • On the same lists

    Captain Sam Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork's Night Watch retires and leaves Captain Carrott in charge of the command. When a clown is murdered in Ankh-Morpork, it would appear that the...

  3. Nightingale's Lament

    Nightside book 3

    3. Nightingale's Lament

    by Green, Simon R.

    • On the same lists

    Rossignol (French for nightingale which is where the title comes from) is missing. She was once a happy singer, but since meeting the Cavendishes, who run their own management company,...

  4. Changeless

    Parasol Protectorate book 2

    4. Changeless

    by Carriger, Gail

    • On the same lists

    Alexia Maccon, the Lady Woolsey, awakens to find her husband, who is a werewolf, howling uncontrollably before he rushes out of their home and disappears. Alexia has her own powers....

  5. The Good, The Bad, And The Undead

    5. The Good, The Bad, And The Undead

    by Harrison, Kim

    • On the same lists

    After a virus leaves half the world as supernatural creatures, the rest of the world hunkers down to become a brave new society. Rachel Morgan is a troubleshooter in a...

  6. Four And Twenty Blackbirds

    6. Four And Twenty Blackbirds

    by Lackey, Mercedes

    • On the same lists

    Lackey tends to write short series of books, trilogies and such. This is the fourth book in her Bardic Voices series. Tal Rufen, the local constable, begins to notice a...

  7. A Potion To Die For

    7. A Potion To Die For

    by Blake, Heather

    • On the same lists

    When a local fortune teller announces that a couple is likely to divorce soon, everyone goes to the shop run by Carly Bel Hartwell for a love potion, one of...

  8. Skin Of The Wolf

    8. Skin Of The Wolf

    by Cabot, Sam

    • On the same lists

    This high-tension thriller starts off with a murder at the auction house, Sotheby's. The murder was apparently set off by an Iroquois ritual mask that is found next to the...

  9. Murder And Magic

    9. Murder And Magic

    by Garrett, Randall

    • On the same lists

    The book is set in an alternate universe where Richard the Lion-Hearted did not die in 1199. Instead he went on to procreate and his heirs rule a combined Anglo-French...

  10. Seven Kinds Of Hell

    10. Seven Kinds Of Hell

    by Cameron, Dana

    • On the same lists

    Zoe Miller is an archaeologist at first glance, but she's also a member of the Fangborn, an organization of werewolves and other supernaturals. The Fangborn fights evil, and Zoe needs...

  11. Threads Of Malice

    11. Threads Of Malice

    by Jones, Tamara Siler

    • On the same lists

    This is the second book in Jones' series, and the book has a thriller edge to it. At the outermost regions of the kingdom, young men are going missing –...

  12. Sorcery And Cecelia Or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot

    12. Sorcery And Cecelia Or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot

    by Wrede, Patricia C.

    • On the same lists

    definitive example of the sub-genre that is witty and fun, devious and magical.

    Set in 1817, this book reads something like a Regency romance and part like Harry Potter. The novel is epistolary, which means the two main characters Kate and Cecelia write...

  13. The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies Of The Apocalypse

    13. The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies Of The Apocalypse

    by Rankin, Robert

    • On the same lists

    A small-town boy goes to the big city and meets a vampire and a very strange apocalypse, a comic horror novel.

    How to describe this book in 200 words? Well, it's the story of Jack, the boy from the small town who decides to see the big city he's heard so...

  14. You Slay Me

    14. You Slay Me

    by Macalister, Katie

    • On the same lists

    Aisling Grey is a courier, but she sees it more as a way to get a free trip to Paris. She's delivering a precious demonic artifiact to Madame Deauxville, but...

  15. Magic Lost, Trouble Found

    15. Magic Lost, Trouble Found

    by Shearin, Lisa

    • On the same lists

    Raine Benares is a Sorceress and a Seeker who manages to get by. When her friend, Quentin, is asked to retrieve an amulet from a necromancer, she helps out and...

  16. Blood Price

    16. Blood Price

    by Huff, Tanya

    • On the same lists

    Vicki Nelson is a former Toronto police officer who was sidelined by a rare eye condition. As a result, she had to quit the force and become a private eye....

  17. Wicked Gentlemen

    17. Wicked Gentlemen

    by Hale, Ginn

    • On the same lists

    As if the Inquisition wasn't bad enough by itself, in this alternate universe the Lords of Hell were forced to confess their crimes. Now these people are treated poorly in...

  18. Terrier

    18. Terrier

    by Pierce, Tamora

    • On the same lists

    Beka Cooper is the latest addition to the Provost Guard, a group called the "Dogs." She's only called a "puppy," since she's new. Beka is painfully shy and has few...

  19. Tea With The Black Dragon

    19. Tea With The Black Dragon

    by Macavoy, R. A.

    • On the same lists

    This is something of an unusual fantasy in that the fantasy elements are indeed visible, including dragons, but it's very rooted in the 1980s. Macavoy is very decided about her...

  20. Sookie Stackhouse

    20. Sookie Stackhouse

    by Harris, Charlaine

    • Same author

    Vampire Fiction often falls into the Urban Fantasy sub-genre, and this series is a great example of how popular it has become.

    For those who love Twilight, the next step should be to read the Sookie Stackhouse novels. The popular True Blood TV series was based on these novels, so if you...

  21. The Yiddish Policemen's Union

    21. The Yiddish Policemen's Union

    by Chabon, Michael

    • On the same lists
    Hugo winner 2008 Nebula winner 2007

    What if the State of Israel was destroyed? They would live in Alaska.

    In this book, Chabon created a world where Israel had never been founded after World War II. Instead the state of displaced Jews is located in Sitka, Alaska. Chabon used...

  22. Dead Until Dark

    Sookie Stackhouse book 1 Start here

    22. Dead Until Dark

    by Harris, Charlaine

    • Same author

    An immensely popular series that has become a popular show on HBO. Vampires are a minority and have only recently been granted a legal status. Sookie Stackhouse is the mind-reading, sexy heroine.

    For years, Charlaine Harris has delighted fans with her mystery series featuring small-town waitress-turned-paranormal sleuth Sookie Stackhouse. Now, we are pleased to offer her first novel in the series in...

  23. Living Dead In Dallas

    Sookie Stackhouse book 2

    23. Living Dead In Dallas

    by Harris, Charlaine

    • Same author

    The second novel in #1 New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris’s “addictively entertaining” (Locus) Sookie Stackhouse series—the inspiration for the HBO® original series True Blood. Even though Sookie has...

  24. Club Dead

    Sookie Stackhouse book 3

    24. Club Dead

    by Harris, Charlaine

    • Same author

    Bon Temps’s psychic waitress takes a dangerous road trip in the third novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling Sookie Stackhouse series—the inspiration for the HBO® original series True...

  25. Dead To The World

    Sookie Stackhouse book 4

    25. Dead To The World

    by Harris, Charlaine

    • Same author

    Sookie Stackhouse, a waitress with a talent for reading minds, comes to the aid of Eric, a sexy vampire with amnesia, as she tries to save him from whoever took...

  26. Dead As A Doornail

    Sookie Stackhouse book 5

    26. Dead As A Doornail

    by Harris, Charlaine

    • Same author

    Small town cocktail waitress Sookie Stackhouse’s supernatural existence puts her in the line of fire in the fifth novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series—the inspiration for the...

  27. Definitely Dead

    Sookie Stackhouse book 6

    27. Definitely Dead

    by Harris, Charlaine

    • Same author

    Supernaturally gifted waitress Sookie Stackhouse is pitted against the legacy of her own undead bloodline in this novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series—the inspiration for the HBO®...

  28. The Eyre Affair

    Thursday Next book 1 Start here

    28. The Eyre Affair

    by Fforde, Jasper

    • On the same lists

    Imagine an alternate world where the world of books and people collide. It does in this delightful series by Jasper Fforde. I could spend the next 10,000 words trying to...

  29. The Death Of The Necromancer

    Ile-rien book 2

    29. The Death Of The Necromancer

    by Wells, Martha

    • On the same lists

    Martha Wells is best known for her Books of Raksura series, but this nebula nominated book is one of her best by far. Despite its publication in the late nineties,...

  30. Storm Front

    Dresden Files book 1 Start here

    30. Storm Front

    by Butcher, Jim

    • On the same lists

    A crime version of the Urban Fantasy sub-genre. Harry Dresden is a wizard and a private investigator

    Harry Dresden is a wizard. He has decided to use his power to solve minor crimes to make a living, so he opens up his own private eye firm, the...

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