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Books like Nameless Detective: 9 series to read next

Nameless Detective is mystery & detective, set in north america and contemporary. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Nameless Detective is 4 books, 1980–2016.

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Charlie Parker
Grim Reaper mysteries
The Lying Game
The Dresden Files
Krewe of Hunters
Barbara Holloway
Joe Kurtz
Case Files of Justis Fearsson
Effective Engineering Solutions

Charlie ParkerSeries

seriesJohn Connolly22 books1999

Dark in tone.

“Now well over twenty books, the series has grown Parker's two associates, Louis and Angel, into major recurring characters.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Every Dead Thing →

Grim Reaper mysteriesSeries

seriesJudy Clemens5 books2009

Mystery & detective, mysterious in tone, about murder investigation, set in contemporary and north america.

“After a bad car accident, Casey Maldonado hits the road and finds herself unable to shake an unwelcome companion: Death itself, which won't take her but won't leave her alone either.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Embrace the Grim Reaper →

The Lying GameSeries

seriesSara Shepard6 books2010

About identity and family secrets.

“The worst part of being dead is that there's nothing left to live for.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Lying Game →

The Dresden FilesSeries

seriesJim Butcher & Mark Powers (comics)56 books2000

Urban fantasy, about wizards.

“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 →

Krewe of HuntersUniverse

universe57 books2011

Paranormal and ghost stories.

“Some cases don't close when the coroner signs off.”
from the catalogue description

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Barbara HollowaySeries

seriesKate Wilhelm11 books1991

Legal thriller.

Start with Death Qualified: A Mystery of Chaos →

Joe KurtzSeries

seriesDan Simmons3 books2001

Noir, dark in tone, about organized crime.

Start with Hardcase →

Case Files of Justis FearssonSeries

seriesDavid B. Coe6 books2014

Urban fantasy.

“Justis is also a weremyste - a person with a wizard's gift and the ability to see into the paranormal world.”
from the catalogue description of Spell Blind

Start with Spell Blind →

Effective Engineering SolutionsSeries

seriesDouglas Preston & Lincoln Child37 books1995

Thriller & suspense.

“Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child wrote it as a standalone techno-thriller in 2000; it later fed into their separate Gideon Crew series rather than getting a direct sequel of its own.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Ice Limit →

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 Nameless Detective?: Charlie Parker — the closest match to Nameless Detective on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Nameless Detective?: A Killing in Xanadu. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Nameless Detective.
How big is Nameless Detective?: Nameless Detective is 4 books, 1980–2016.

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