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Books like Patel & Pardoe: 9 series to read next

Patel & Pardoe is horror, set in contemporary and british isles. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Patel & Pardoe is 5 books, 2018–2025.

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John Decker Universe
Hellraiser
Lockwood & Co.
David Ash
A Cold Season
Felix Castor
Robert Bloch's Psycho Universe
The Shining
Jack Nightingale

John Decker UniverseSeries

seriesAnthony M. Strong19 books2015

Horror, set in contemporary.

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HellraiserSeries

seriesClive Barker, Mark Alan Miller, Paul Kane & Peter Atkins5 books1991

Dark fantasy, about demons.

“Clive Barker's The Hellbound Heart introduces the puzzle box that summons the Cenobites and the domestic horror story around it, later adapted into the Hellraiser film series.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Hellbound Heart →

Lockwood & Co.Series

seriesJonathan Stroud6 books2013

Fantasy, about monster hunting and friendship.

Start with The Screaming Staircase →

David AshSeries

seriesJames Herbert3 books1988

Horror and ghost stories, eerie in tone, set in contemporary and british isles.

“David Ash is a professional skeptic, a paranormal investigator who makes his living debunking hauntings until a case in an old English house convinces him something genuinely malicious is at work.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Haunted →

A Cold SeasonSeries

seriesAlison Littlewood2 books2011

Fantasy, set in small town.

Start with A Cold Season →

Felix CastorSeries

seriesMike Carey7 books2006

Urban fantasy, 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 →

Robert Bloch's Psycho UniverseSeries

seriesRobert Bloch, Chet Williamson & Killian H. Gore5 books1959

Psychological horror, about madness, set in north america.

Start with Room is Perfect →

The ShiningSeries

seriesStephen King5 books1977

About psychic powers and addiction, set in north america.

“Together the two form a horror duology spanning nearly forty years of real-world publication.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Shining →

Jack NightingaleSeries

seriesStephen Leather, Alex Shaw, Andrew Fusek Peters, Conrad Jones, Lynne Waterman, Matt Hilton & Robert Waterman39 books2010

Set in contemporary.

“Stephen Leather's series follows Nightingale as people around him start dying in increasingly inexplicable ways, forcing a skeptic into treating the occult threat as real.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Nightfall →

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 Patel & Pardoe?: John Decker Universe — the closest match to Patel & Pardoe on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Patel & Pardoe?: Ghost Virus. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Patel & Pardoe.
How big is Patel & Pardoe?: Patel & Pardoe is 5 books, 2018–2025.

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