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Books like Sexton Blake: 9 series to read next

Sexton Blake is mystery & detective, set in our world and early 20th century. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Sexton Blake is 103 books across 7 series, 1905–2023.

“Across some eighty years and four thousand cases he became the people's detective, a hero assembled not by one author but by a whole guild of them.”
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Paul Harley
Rivers of London
Greg Mandel
Effective Engineering Solutions
Gaston Max
Sally Lockhart
Trygve Yamamura
Gina Miyoko
The Shadow

Paul HarleySeries

seriesSax Rohmer7 books1919

Mystery & detective, set in early 20th century.

Start with Bat Wing →

Rivers of LondonSeries

seriesBen Aaronovitch32 books2011

Urban fantasy, set in 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 →

Greg MandelSeries

seriesPeter F. Hamilton5 books1993

Science fiction, about psychic powers, set in near future.

“Greg Mandel is a former special-forces soldier with a psychic 'gland' implant for reading emotions, working as a private investigator in a near-future Britain recovering from an authoritarian climate-crisis government.”
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Start with Mindstar Rising →

Effective Engineering SolutionsSeries

seriesDouglas Preston & Lincoln Child37 books1995

Set in north america.

“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.”
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Start with The Ice Limit →

Gaston MaxSeries

seriesSax Rohmer4 books1915

Mystery & detective, set in early 20th century.

“The loosely connected series continues across The Golden Scorpion and later books into the 1940s.”
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Start with The Yellow Claw →

Sally LockhartSeries

seriesPhilip Pullman4 books1985

Historical fiction, set in 19th century.

Start with The Ruby in the Smoke →

Trygve YamamuraSeries

seriesPoul Anderson & Karen Anderson4 books1959

Mystery & detective, set in our world and mid 20th century.

Start with Perish by the Sword →

Gina MiyokoSeries

seriesMaya Kaathryn Bohnhoff3 books2015

Set in north america.

Start with Tinkerbell On Walkabout →

The ShadowSeries

seriesWalter B. Gibson, Theodore Tinsley, Bruce Elliott, Dennis Lynds, James Patterson, Brian Sitts, Anthony Tollin, Birgit Staebler, James Luceno, Lester Dent, Petra Berghofer & Richard Dilallo342 books1931

Mystery & detective, set in early 20th century.

Start with The Living Shadow →

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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 Sexton Blake?: Paul Harley — the closest match to Sexton Blake on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Sexton Blake?: The Casebook of Sexton Blake. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Sexton Blake, which is a whole world rather than one run.
How big is Sexton Blake?: Sexton Blake is 103 books across 7 series, 1905–2023.

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