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Books like Black London: 9 series to read next

Black London is urban fantasy, set in contemporary. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Black London is 10 books, 2007–2013.

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Dante Valentine
Sandman Slim
Felix Castor
The Hollows
Jill Kismet
Jack Nightingale
Anita Blake
Mookie Pearl
The Legendborn Cycle

Dante ValentineSeries

seriesLilith Saintcrow6 books2006

Urban fantasy, dark and tense in tone, about demons, set in contemporary.

“Working for the Devil opens Lilith Saintcrow's Dante Valentine series with Dante, a necromancer-for-hire who reluctantly takes a job from the Devil himself: kill a rogue demon, Vardimal Santino, in exchange for her life.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Working for the Devil →

Sandman SlimSeries

seriesRichard Kadrey15 books2009

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

“Richard Kadrey's Sandman Slim follows James Stark, a magician who spent eleven years trapped fighting in Hell before escaping back to a Los Angeles that isn't much friendlier, looking for revenge against the circle that sent him there.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Sandman Slim →

Felix CastorSeries

seriesMike Carey7 books2006

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

“Mike Carey's Felix Castor novels follow a freelance exorcist working London's supernatural underside, taking paying jobs to banish ghosts and bind demons in a city where the dead don't always stay quiet.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Devil You Know →

The HollowsSeries

seriesKim Harrison39 books2004

Urban fantasy, about demons and witches, set in contemporary and north america.

Start with The Turn →

Jill KismetSeries

seriesLilith Saintcrow8 books2008

About monster hunting.

Start with Night Shift →

Jack NightingaleSeries

seriesStephen Leather, Alex Shaw, Andrew Fusek Peters, Conrad Jones, Lynne Waterman, Matt Hilton & Robert Waterman39 books2010

Set in contemporary.

“Stephen Leather's series follows Nightingale as people around him start dying in increasingly inexplicable ways, forcing a skeptic into treating the occult threat as real.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Nightfall →

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.”
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Start with Guilty Pleasures →

Mookie PearlSeries

seriesChuck Wendig2 books2013

About parenthood.

Start with The Blue Blazes →

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 →

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 Black London?: Dante Valentine — the closest match to Black London on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Black London?: Street Magic. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Black London.
How big is Black London?: Black London is 10 books, 2007–2013.

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