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Books like Precinct: 9 series to read next

Precinct is fantasy, set in big city. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Precinct is 18 books, 2004–2023.

“The hard-working, under-appreciated officers of the Cliff's End Castle Guard work day and night to maintain law and order as best they can.”
from the catalogue description of Dragon Precinct

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Rivers of London
Cosmere
Garrett, P. I.
Tortall
Maradaine
The Dresden Files
Poison War
Forest Kingdom
Shadow of the Leviathan

Rivers of LondonSeries

seriesBen Aaronovitch32 books2011

Set in british isles.

“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
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Start with Rivers of London →

CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

Epic fantasy.

“Before the worlds, there was Adonalsium, and then there was not.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Final Empire →

Garrett, P. I.Series

seriesGlen Cook15 books1987

“The novels are written in a hard-boiled detective fiction style, with elements of traditional mystery and dialogue-based humor.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Sweet Silver Blues →

TortallUniverse

universe25 books1983

About coming of age.

“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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MaradaineUniverse

universe19 books2015

Fantasy, set in big city and secondary world.

“The tramlines of Maradaine run through everything — past the University spires, down the gaslit alleys of Dentonhill, across the cold marble of Parliament.”
from the catalogue description

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The Dresden FilesSeries

seriesJim Butcher & Mark Powers (comics)56 books2000

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
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Start with A Fistful of Warlocks →

Poison WarSeries

seriesSam Hawke2 books2018

Fantasy and urban fantasy, tense in tone, about political intrigue, set in big city and secondary world.

Start with City of Lies →

Forest KingdomSeries

seriesSimon R. Green11 books1990

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“The following books widen the cast around Rupert and the kingdom's court while keeping the same fantasy-adventure register.”
from the catalogue description

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Shadow of the LeviathanSeries

seriesRobert Jackson Bennett3 books2024

Fantasy and mystery & detective, mysterious in tone, about murder investigation, 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 →

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 Precinct?: Rivers of London — the closest match to Precinct on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Precinct?: Dragon Precinct. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Precinct.
How big is Precinct?: Precinct is 18 books, 2004–2023.

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