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Books like Lockwood & Co.: 9 series to read next

Lockwood & Co. is ghost stories and fantasy, about monster hunting, set in british isles, eerie in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Lockwood & Co. is 6 books, 2013–2017.

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Shades of London
The Dark Is Rising
The Dresden Files
London Below
Felix Castor
Rivers of London
Coraline
Bod Owens
The Curse Workers

Shades of LondonSeries

seriesMaureen Johnson4 books2011

Ghost stories and mystery & detective, about murder investigation, set in contemporary and british isles.

Start with The Boy in the Smoke →

The Dark Is RisingSeries

seriesSusan Cooper5 books1965

Mythic fantasy.

“The first book in the series, Over Sea, Under Stone, was originally conceived as a stand-alone novel, and the sequence gets its name from the second novel in the series, The Dark Is Rising.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Over Sea, Under Stone →

The Dresden FilesSeries

seriesJim Butcher & Mark Powers (comics)56 books2000

About wizards, set in north america.

“The novels are narrated from the first-person perspective of Harry Dresden, a private detective and wizard, as he investigates supernatural disturbances in contemporary Chicago.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with A Fistful of Warlocks →

London BelowSeries

seriesNeil Gaiman5 books1996

About transported to another world, set in underground & caves.

“Most notable is the appearance of the Floating Market at Harrods rather than under Battersea power station.”
from the catalogue description of Neverwhere

Start with Neverwhere →

Felix CastorSeries

seriesMike Carey7 books2006

Dark in tone, about demons.

“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 →

Rivers of LondonSeries

seriesBen Aaronovitch32 books2011

Mysterious in tone.

“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
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Rivers of London →

CoralineSeries

seriesNeil Gaiman & P. Craig Russell2 books2002

Portal fantasy and gothic, set in parallel universe.

“The Guardian ranked Coraline #82 in its list of 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Coraline →

Bod OwensSeries

seriesNeil Gaiman & P. Craig Russell3 books2007

Dark fantasy, bittersweet in tone, set in our world.

“Neil Gaiman's 2008 novel won both the Newbery and Carnegie Medals, and illustrator P. Craig Russell later adapted it into a two-volume graphic novel.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Witch's Headstone →

The Curse WorkersSeries

seriesHolly Black3 books2010

About curses and organized crime, set in north america and our world.

“Holly Black's Curse Workers trilogy is set in an alternate America where 'curse work' — magic that harms or transforms through touch — is illegal, enforced through gloves and Prohibition-era-style crime families.”
from the catalogue description

Start with White Cat →

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 Lockwood & Co.?: Shades of London — the closest match to Lockwood & Co. on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Lockwood & Co.?: The Screaming Staircase. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Lockwood & Co..
How big is Lockwood & Co.?: Lockwood & Co. is 6 books, 2013–2017.

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