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Books like Kendra Donovan: 9 series to read next

Kendra Donovan is time travel and historical mystery, set in british isles. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Kendra Donovan is 6 books, 2016–2025.

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Sally Lockhart
List of 7
Professor Moriarty
Irene Adler
A Rip Through Time
Sebastian St. Cyr
Greg Mandel
The Blackthorn Key
The Jackpot Trilogy

Sally LockhartSeries

seriesPhilip Pullman4 books1985

Mystery & detective and historical fiction, about murder investigation, set in 19th century and british isles.

Start with The Ruby in the Smoke →

List of 7Series

seriesMark Frost2 books1993

Mysterious in tone, about murder investigation, set in 19th century and british isles.

“Though initially an occult murder mystery, the story brings in conspiracy theory, vendetta, horror, history, and Theosophy.”
from the catalogue description of The List of 7

Start with The List of 7 →

Professor MoriartySeries

seriesMichael Kurland6 books1979

About political intrigue.

“Michael Kurland has written a series of novels in which Moriarty is the hero: His organisation of crime is the method by which he raises the money required for his experimental physics apparatus.”
from the catalogue description of The Infernal Device

Start with The Infernal Device →

Irene AdlerSeries

seriesCarole Nelson Douglas10 books1990

Set in europe.

“Irene Adler, the beautiful American opera singer who once outwitted Sherlock Holmes, is given a life of her own in this first of a series.”
from the catalogue description of Good Night, Mr. Holmes

Start with Good Night, Mr. Holmes →

A Rip Through TimeSeries

seriesKelley Armstrong8 books2022

Historical mystery and time travel, set in 19th century and british isles.

Start with A Rip Through Time →

Sebastian St. CyrSeries

seriesC. S. Harris1 book2012

About family secrets.

“A beautiful young antiquary, Miss Tennyson recently provoked an uproar with her controversial identification of the island as the location of Camelot.”
from the catalogue description of When Maidens Mourn

Start with When Maidens Mourn →

Greg MandelSeries

seriesPeter F. Hamilton5 books1993

About psychic powers, set in near future.

“Greg Mandel is a former special-forces soldier with a psychic 'gland' implant for reading emotions, working as a private investigator in a near-future Britain recovering from an authoritarian climate-crisis government.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Mindstar Rising →

The Blackthorn KeySeries

seriesKevin Sands6 books2015

Historical mystery, set in british isles.

“With time running out, Christopher must use every skill he's learned to discover the key to a terrible secret with the power to tear the world apart.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Blackthorn Key →

The Jackpot TrilogySeries

seriesWilliam Gibson2 books2014

About surveillance, set in near future and north america.

“Gibson's 2020 book Agency is set in the same world.”
from the catalogue description of The Peripheral

Start with The Peripheral →

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.

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What should I read after Kendra Donovan?: Sally Lockhart — the closest match to Kendra Donovan on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Kendra Donovan?: A Murder in Time. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Kendra Donovan.
How big is Kendra Donovan?: Kendra Donovan is 6 books, 2016–2025.

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