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Books like Black Widowers: 9 series to read next

Black Widowers is mystery & detective and whodunit, about murder investigation, set in our world, mysterious in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Black Widowers is 77 books, 1972–2003.

“The first British edition was issued by Panther in 1976.”
from the catalogue description of Tales of the Black Widowers
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The Union Club Mysteries
Black Dragon
Larry Mysteries
Grim Reaper mysteries
Rivers of London
Joe Grey
Pilgrim Hugh Incidents
The X-Files
Homer Kelly

The Union Club MysteriesSeries

seriesIsaac Asimov34 books1980

Mystery & detective, mysterious in tone, about murder investigation, set in contemporary and our world.

Start with A Clear Shot →

Black DragonSeries

seriesR. A. MacAvoy2 books1983

Fantasy and urban fantasy, about dragons.

Start with Tea with the Black Dragon →

Larry MysteriesSeries

seriesIsaac Asimov13 books1975

Mystery & detective, mysterious in tone, about murder investigation, set in contemporary and our world.

Start with Try Sarah Tops →

Grim Reaper mysteriesSeries

seriesJudy Clemens5 books2009

Mystery & detective, mysterious in tone, about murder investigation, set in contemporary and north america.

“After a bad car accident, Casey Maldonado hits the road and finds herself unable to shake an unwelcome companion: Death itself, which won't take her but won't leave her alone either.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Embrace the Grim Reaper →

Rivers of LondonSeries

seriesBen Aaronovitch32 books2011

Urban fantasy, set in british isles.

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

Joe GreySeries

seriesShirley Rousseau Murphy22 books1996

Cozy mystery, set in small town.

“First the large, powerfulfeline discovers that, through some strange, inexplicable phenomenon, he now has the ability to understand human language.”
from the catalogue description of Cat on the Edge

Start with Cat on the Edge →

Pilgrim Hugh IncidentsSeries

seriesDean Wesley Smith8 books2011

Mystery & detective and whodunit, mysterious in tone, about murder investigation, set in contemporary and our world.

Start with Miss Smallwood's Goodies →

The X-FilesUniverse

universe91 books1994

Set in north america.

“Working them are two FBI agents who agree on almost nothing — Fox Mulder, who wants to believe, and Dana Scully, the pathologist sent to debunk him — and a truth that keeps receding the closer they get.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

Homer KellySeries

seriesJane Langton18 books1964

Mystery & detective, mysterious in tone, about murder investigation, set in north america.

“The peaceful town of Concord, Massachusetts, is best known as the birthplace of the American Revolution and the home of the Transcendentalists—Thoreau, Emerson, and the Alcotts.”
from the catalogue description of The Transcendental Murder

Start with The Transcendental Murder →

Why these

No sales rank, no star ratings, no readers also bought.

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 Widowers?: The Union Club Mysteries — the closest match to Black Widowers on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Black Widowers?: Tales of the Black Widowers. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Black Widowers.
How big is Black Widowers?: Black Widowers is 77 books, 1972–2003.

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