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Books like Simon Templar: 9 series to read next

Simon Templar is mystery & detective, set in early 20th century, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Simon Templar is 22 books, 1930–1982.

“The Saint intervenes, and soon the disagreement is all but forgotten...until the following morning's newspaper headlines reveal that the Englishman has been murdered.”
from the catalogue description of Vendetta for the Saint

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Hercule Poirot
Gregory Sallust
Duke de Richleau
Effective Engineering Solutions
Robert Langdon
The Dresden Files
Small Change
Barney Custer
Needle

Hercule PoirotSeries

seriesAgatha Christie9 books1923

Mystery & detective and thriller & suspense, adventurous and tense in tone, about political intrigue, set in early 20th century and europe.

Start with The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb →

Gregory SallustSeries

seriesDennis Wheatley4 books1934

Thriller & suspense, tense in tone.

Start with Black August →

Duke de RichleauSeries

seriesDennis Wheatley4 books1933

Thriller & suspense, tense in tone, set in early 20th century.

Start with The Forbidden Territory →

Effective Engineering SolutionsSeries

seriesDouglas Preston & Lincoln Child37 books1995

Set in contemporary and 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.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Ice Limit →

Robert LangdonSeries

seriesDan Brown6 books2000

About faith and religion, set in contemporary.

“The Robert Langdon novel series is named after Robert Langdon, the protagonist of the novels by American author Dan Brown.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Angels & Demons →

The Dresden FilesSeries

seriesJim Butcher & Mark Powers (comics)56 books2000

Urban fantasy, set in contemporary and 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
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with A Fistful of Warlocks →

Small ChangeSeries

seriesJo Walton4 books2006

Alternate history, dark in tone, about totalitarianism, set in alternate earth.

“As the series begins, Britain itself slides toward fascism.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Farthing →

Barney CusterSeries

seriesEdgar Rice Burroughs3 books1914

Thriller & suspense, adventurous and tense in tone, about political intrigue, set in early 20th century and europe.

“Barney Custer is an American farmer from Nebraska who travels to the small European kingdom of Lutha only to discover he's the spitting image of its unstable ruler, King Leopold.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Mad King →

NeedleSeries

seriesHal Clement2 books1950

Hard science fiction, about aliens and survival.

“Together the mismatched pair must learn to communicate and cooperate, first to survive and later to track down the second alien, which has hidden inside another human in the same Pacific island community.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Needle →

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 Simon Templar?: Hercule Poirot — the closest match to Simon Templar on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Simon Templar?: Vendetta for the Saint. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Simon Templar.
How big is Simon Templar?: Simon Templar is 22 books, 1930–1982.
Is Simon Templar finished?: Yes — 22 books, 1930–1982.

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