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Books like The Other: 9 series to read next

The Other is mystery & detective, set in contemporary and our world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Other is 27 books across 4 series, 2021–2026.

“There is the ordinary world — mortgages, motorway services, the queue at the corner shop — and then there is the Other: the wolves, witches, vampires and fae who share Britain's pavements and would much rather you never noticed.”
from the catalogue description

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The Dresden Files
Rivers of London
October Daye
Cassandra Palmer
Otherworld (Kelley Armstrong)
The Sisters Grimm
The Cosa Nostradamus
Elves on the Road
Mercy Thompson

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.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with A Fistful of Warlocks →

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 →

October DayeSeries

seriesSeanan McGuire42 books2009

Set in north america.

“Young October had to make important decisions about her future.”
from the catalogue description of Strangers in Court
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Start with Strangers in Court →

Cassandra PalmerUniverse

universe40 books2006

Urban fantasy, set in contemporary and our world.

“Cassie Palmer sees dead people, reads the future, and was raised by vampires who'd have sold her to the highest bidder — and that's before the job offer.”
from the catalogue description

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Otherworld (Kelley Armstrong)Series

seriesKelley Armstrong & Seanan McGuire100 books1996

Set in north america.

“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 →

The Sisters GrimmSeries

seriesMichael Buckley9 books2005

Fairy tale retelling.

“Summary from copyright page: Orphans Sabrina and Daphne Grimm are sent to live with an eccentric grandmother whom they have always believed to be dead.”
from the catalogue description of The Fairy-Tale Detectives
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Fairy-Tale Detectives →

The Cosa NostradamusSeries

seriesLaura Anne Gilman24 books2004

Urban fantasy, set in contemporary.

Start with Dusted →

Elves on the RoadUniverse

universe47 books1989

Urban fantasy, set in contemporary.

“A quartet of Elizabethan prequels with Roberta Gellis reaches back to the Tudor court, and the Diana Tregarde occult thrillers hang at the edges — a Guardian and romance writer whose casework keeps brushing the same concealed world.”
from the catalogue description

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Mercy ThompsonUniverse

universe45 books2006

Set in north america.

“Patricia Briggs builds this world across two interlocking series.”
from the catalogue description

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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.

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What should I read after The Other?: The Dresden Files — the closest match to The Other on what it is about, not on what sells.
How big is The Other?: The Other is 27 books across 4 series, 2021–2026.

Books like The Other: 9 series to read next

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