Books like Rivers Of London
14 fantasy books to read after Rivers Of London, by Aaronovitch, Ben, the closest match first.
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1. The Devil You Know
by Carey, Mike
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Read Mike Carey's Felix Castor series for something just like Dresden in style and form, yet completely different. The blurb states it's 'every bit as good as Jim Butcher' and...
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Sandman Slim book 1 Start here
2. Sandman Slim
by Kadrey, Richard
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Of all the books on this list, Sandman Slim is probably the darkest and most brutal. But it's disturbingly good a story about a sort of Harry Dresden character who...
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3. Libromancer
by Hines, Jim C.
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How to describe this one? It's kind of like Brandon Sanderson and Jim Butcher got it on in a library and this was their literary love child. There is really...
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Twenty Palaces book 1 Start here
4. Child Of Fire
by Connolly, Harry
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I quite liked this one. I think it's probably the best next It’s dark, gritty, and it dose new things in the genre. Yes, it’s got some of the elements...
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Nightside book 1 Start here
5. Something From The Nightside
by Green, Simon R.
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An interesting concept. A dark gritty hidden part of London that functions as a sort of universal septic tank -- home to gods, demons, angles, humans, misfits and every sort...
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6. Garrett, P.i. Series
by Cook, Glen
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Gritty detective fantasy in a warzone - this is The Dresden Files before Dresden. Garrot PI has been vastly overshadowed by Cook’s The Black Company, but these are actually some...
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Iron Druid Chronicles book 1 Start here
7. Hounded
by Hearne, Kevin
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The Iron Druid Chronicles is one of those series you either really like or you are completely ambivalent about. I fall into the later category; for the most part, Hearne...
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Peter Grant book 1 Start here
8. Midnight Riot
by Aaronovitch, Ben
- Same author
Peter Grant is a probationary constable in London's Metropolitan Police who expects to spend his career doing paperwork. Then he takes a witness statement from a ghost at a murder...
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Peter Grant book 2
9. Moon Over Soho
by Aaronovitch, Ben
- Same author
BODY AND SOUL The song. That’s what London constable and sorcerer’s apprentice Peter Grant first notices when he examines the corpse of Cyrus Wilkins, part-time jazz drummer and full-time accountant,...
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Peter Grant book 3
10. Whispers Under Ground
by Aaronovitch, Ben
- Same author
To solve a perplexing murder case, Peter Grant, London constable and sorcerer's apprentice, must plumb the haunted depths of the oldest, largest, and deadliest subway system in the world.
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Peter Grant book 4
11. Broken Homes
by Aaronovitch, Ben
- Same author
Constable Peter Grant, a magician and keeper of the flame, must discover if a mutilated body found in Crawley is the work of a common serial killer or an associate...
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Peter Grant book 5
12. Foxglove Summer
by Aaronovitch, Ben
- Same author
When two young girls go missing in rural Herefordshire, police constable and wizard-in-training Peter Grant is sent out of London to check that nothing supernatural is involved.
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Alex Verus book 1 Start here
13. Alex Verus
by Jacka, Benedict
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Alex Verus by Benedict Jacka A lot of the books on this list have a similarity. They may be in wildly different settings and various fantasy worlds, but most of...
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Bobby Dollar book 1 Start here
14. Dirty Streets Of Heaven
by Williams, Tad
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This one by Tad Williams, a master at writing well plotted, rich fantasy tales.This is his second foray into urban fantasy territory (first being War of the Flowers - another...
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