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Books like Devil's Point: 9 series to read next

Devil's Point is fantasy and urban fantasy, about deal with the devil, set in contemporary, funny in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Devil's Point is 3 books, 1996–1997.

“One day, Dayne Kuttner, a nurse, couldn't take it anymore.”
from the catalogue description of Sympathy for the Devil

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American Gods
Samuel Johnson
Good Omens
Charlie (Roald Dahl)
Azazel
Dante Valentine
J. W. Wells & Co.
Pine Cove
Sandman Slim

American GodsSeries

seriesNeil Gaiman10 books1999

Mythic fantasy, about gods.

“Gaiman's 2005 novel Anansi Boys is set in the same mythological world and shares the trickster god Mr. Nancy, but follows a different protagonist and story, making it a loose companion rather than a direct sequel.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Keepsakes and Treasures: A Love Story →

Samuel JohnsonSeries

seriesJohn Connolly3 books2009

Adventurous in tone.

“The comic horror trilogy continues through Hell's Bells and The Creeps.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Gates →

Good OmensSeries

seriesNeil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett2 books1990

About prophecy, set in british isles.

Start with Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch →

Charlie (Roald Dahl)Series

seriesRoald Dahl6 books1964

About coming of age.

Start with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory →

AzazelSeries

seriesIsaac Asimov28 books1982

Fantasy, funny in tone, about demons, set in contemporary and our world.

“Azazel refuses to help George directly but repeatedly, chaotically, helps out George's friends instead, framed as tales George tells to an eager Asimov himself.”
from the catalogue description

Start with One Night of Song →

Dante ValentineSeries

seriesLilith Saintcrow6 books2006

Tense in tone.

“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 →

J. W. Wells & Co.Series

seriesTom Holt8 books2003

Fantasy and humor, funny in tone, set in contemporary and our world.

“Each book follows the firm's hapless junior staff stumbling into magical bureaucracy, ancient rivalries and office-comedy chaos in roughly equal measure.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Portable Door →

Pine CoveSeries

seriesChristopher Moore3 books1992

Set in small town.

“The English language audio book is read by Oliver Wyman.”
from the catalogue description of Practical Demonkeeping

Start with Practical Demonkeeping →

Sandman SlimSeries

seriesRichard Kadrey15 books2009

Urban fantasy, dark in tone, set in contemporary and our world.

“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 →

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 Devil's Point?: American Gods — the closest match to Devil's Point on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Devil's Point?: Sympathy for the Devil. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Devil's Point.
How big is Devil's Point?: Devil's Point is 3 books, 1996–1997.

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