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Books like The Edinburgh Files: 9 series to read next

The Edinburgh Files is set in contemporary and british isles. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Edinburgh Files is 6 books, 2024–2026.

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Rivers of London
The Dresden Files
Felix Castor
Anita Blake
Otherworld (Kelley Armstrong)
Lockwood & Co.
The Hollows
The Mortal Instruments
Meredith Gentry

Rivers of LondonSeries

seriesBen Aaronovitch32 books2011

Mysterious in tone.

“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 →

The Dresden FilesSeries

seriesJim Butcher & Mark Powers (comics)56 books2000

About wizards, 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.”
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Start with A Fistful of Warlocks →

Felix CastorSeries

seriesMike Carey7 books2006

Dark in tone, 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 →

Anita BlakeSeries

seriesLaurell K. Hamilton & Jonathon Green42 books1993

Dark in tone, about vampires, set in north america.

“The books have sold more than six million copies; many have made The New York Times Best Seller list.”
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Start with Guilty Pleasures →

Otherworld (Kelley Armstrong)Series

seriesKelley Armstrong & Seanan McGuire100 books1996

Paranormal, set in north america and our world.

“Each book tends to follow a different member of this hidden community while slowly building a shared, continuing world.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Paranormal Romance Blues →

Lockwood & Co.Series

seriesJonathan Stroud6 books2013

Ghost stories and fantasy, about monster hunting.

Start with The Screaming Staircase →

The HollowsSeries

seriesKim Harrison39 books2004

About witches and demons, set in north america.

Start with The Turn →

The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse

universe70 books2007

Fantasy.

“There is a world laid over your own like a second skin, and you have been trained since birth not to see it.”
from the catalogue description

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Meredith GentrySeries

seriesLaurell K. Hamilton10 books2000

About fae and political intrigue, set in our world.

“The first book in the series, A Kiss of Shadows, was released by Del Rey on October 3, 2000.”
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Start with A Kiss of Shadows →

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 The Edinburgh Files?: Rivers of London — the closest match to The Edinburgh Files on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Edinburgh Files?: The Edinburgh Files: Book 1. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Edinburgh Files.
How big is The Edinburgh Files?: The Edinburgh Files is 6 books, 2024–2026.

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