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Books like Metatemporal Detectives: 9 series to read next

Metatemporal Detectives is mystery & detective. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Metatemporal Detectives is 12 books, 1994–2025.

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Rivers of London
Hermux Tantamoq
Nursery Crimes
Tortall
Sally Lockhart
Shadow of the Leviathan
Lord Darcy
The Jackpot Trilogy
Traces

Rivers of LondonSeries

seriesBen Aaronovitch32 books2011

Urban fantasy, set in contemporary and big city.

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

Hermux TantamoqSeries

seriesMichael Hoeye4 books2000

Set in secondary world.

“The Hermux Tantamoq Adventures are a series of children's novels by Michael Hoeye which follows the story of a watchmaker mouse named Hermux Tantamoq, who becomes a detective.”
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Start with Time Stops for No Mouse →

Nursery CrimesSeries

seriesJasper Fforde2 books2005

Funny in tone, set in contemporary.

“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 →

TortallUniverse

universe25 books1983

About coming of age, set in secondary world.

“In Tortall she does it anyway — and earns the right the hard way, through bruises, cold mornings in the training yard, and the slow winning-over of people who swore she'd fail.”
from the catalogue description

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Sally LockhartSeries

seriesPhilip Pullman4 books1985

Historical fiction, set in 19th century.

Start with The Ruby in the Smoke →

Shadow of the LeviathanSeries

seriesRobert Jackson Bennett3 books2024

Set in secondary world.

“Set in an empire built along the shores of colossal sea monsters, it follows an unconventional investigator and her sharp-eyed assistant solving crimes that expose the empire's engineered biology and its rot from within.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Tainted Cup →

Lord DarcySeries

seriesRandall Garrett & Michael Kurland15 books1964

Historical fantasy, about wizards.

“Lord Darcy centers on Randall Garrett's investigator of the same name, a detective working an alternate history where functional magic stands in for our world's technology.”
from the catalogue description

Start with A Case of Identity →

The Jackpot TrilogySeries

seriesWilliam Gibson2 books2014

Tense in tone, 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 →

TracesSeries

seriesMalcolm Rose7 books2005

Start with Framed! →

Why these

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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 Metatemporal Detectives?: Rivers of London — the closest match to Metatemporal Detectives on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Metatemporal Detectives?: The Albino's Secret. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Metatemporal Detectives.
How big is Metatemporal Detectives?: Metatemporal Detectives is 12 books, 1994–2025.

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