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Books like Good Omens: 9 series to read next

Good Omens is humor and fantasy, about prophecy, set in contemporary, funny in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Good Omens is 2 books, 1990–2019.

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Brentford
Pine Cove
Cornelius Murphy
Thursday Next
J. W. Wells & Co.
Nursery Crimes
Pooley and Omally
Eddie Bear

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyUniverse

universe18 books1979

Science fiction, set in space and far future.

“The Earth is scheduled for demolition to make way for a hyperspace bypass, and honestly, nobody filed the paperwork properly.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

BrentfordSeries

seriesRobert Rankin9 books1981

Humor and fantasy, funny in tone, set in british isles and contemporary.

“Robert Rankin's Brentford novels are set in a surreal, comic version of the London suburb of Brentford, mixing pub-culture farce with conspiracy theories, aliens, time travel, and increasingly absurd apocalyptic threats.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Antipope →

Pine CoveSeries

seriesChristopher Moore3 books1992

Set in north america and small town.

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

Start with Practical Demonkeeping →

Cornelius MurphySeries

seriesRobert Rankin4 books1993

Humor and fantasy, funny and whimsical in tone, set in contemporary and british isles.

“The plot revolves around the adventures of Cornelius Murphy and his companion Tuppe.”
from the catalogue description of The Book of Ultimate Truths

Start with The Book of Ultimate Truths →

Thursday NextSeries

seriesJasper Fforde8 books2001

Science fiction, about books and reading.

“Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next novels follow a literary detective in an alternate England who can jump physically into the world of books to solve crimes against literature itself.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Eyre Affair →

J. W. Wells & Co.Series

seriesTom Holt8 books2003

Humor and fantasy, 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 →

Nursery CrimesSeries

seriesJasper Fforde2 books2005

Mystery & detective, about murder investigation.

“The Big Over Easy turns Humpty Dumpty's fall into a murder investigation; The Fourth Bear follows with the Gingerbread Man as a serial killer.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Big Over Easy →

Pooley and OmallySeries

seriesRobert Rankin2 books1996

Humor and fantasy, funny in tone, set in contemporary and british isles.

“In it, several seemingly unconnected and nonsensical events come together to make perfect clarity at the end; these include time travel and an attempted alien invasion vaguely orchestrated by Hitler.”
from the catalogue description of Nostradamus Ate My Hamster

Start with Nostradamus Ate My Hamster →

Eddie BearSeries

seriesRobert Rankin2 books2002

Humor and fantasy, funny and whimsical in tone.

Start with The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse →

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 Good Omens?: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy — the closest match to Good Omens on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Good Omens?: Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Good Omens.
How big is Good Omens?: Good Omens is 2 books, 1990–2019.

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