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Books like Whyborne & Griffin: 9 series to read next

Whyborne & Griffin is 12 books, 2013–2017.

“Repressed scholar Percival Endicott Whyborne has two skills: reading dead languages and hiding in his office at the Ladysmith Museum.”
from the catalogue description of Widdershins

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The Mortal Instruments
Belladonna
Dracula
The Taker / Immortal
Montgomery / Taggert
Elemental Masters
The Last Binding
Something Strange and Deadly / Eleanor Fitt
Passenger

The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse

universe70 books2007

Urban fantasy, set in contemporary.

“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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BelladonnaSeries

seriesAdalyn Grace4 books2022

Set in secondary world.

“Set in a haunted, death-adjacent version of the era, it follows an orphaned heiress entangled with Death itself as she investigates the murders and mysteries surrounding her inherited estate.”
from the catalogue description

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DraculaUniverse

universe144 books1897

Horror.

“Around that single novel a whole crypt of continuations has grown, raised by many writers across a century.”
from the catalogue description

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The Taker / ImmortalSeries

seriesAlma Katsu5 books2011

About immortality.

“The dark historical fantasy continues across The Reckoning and The Descent, with The Devil's Scribe serving as a prequel novella.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Taker →

Montgomery / TaggertSeries

seriesJude Deveraux10 books1988

Set in contemporary.

“Readers should expect a loose family of stories connected by name and world rather than one continuous saga.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Maiden →

Elemental MastersSeries

seriesMercedes Lackey, Cedric Johnson, Dayle A. Dermatis, Diana L. Paxson, Elisabeth Waters, Elizabeth Vaughan, Fiona Patton, Gail Sanders, Jody Lynn Nye, Kristin Schwengel, Michael Z. Williamson, Michele Lang, Ron Collins, Rosemary Edghill, Samuel C. Conway, Tanya Huff, Ben Ohlander, Jennifer Brozek, Louisa Swann, Rebecca Fox & Stephanie Shaver59 books1995

Set in europe.

“Mercedes Lackey's Elemental Masters series reimagines classic fairy tales in various historical settings, with mages who each command one of the four elements — fire, water, earth, or air.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Fire Rose →

The Last BindingSeries

seriesFreya Marske3 books2021

Historical fantasy and fantasy, set in 19th century and british isles.

“The first book in the Last Binding trilogy, A MARVELLOUS LIGHT is a queer historical fantasy set in an Edwardian England full of magic, contracts and conspiracies.”
from the catalogue description of A Marvellous Light

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Something Strange and Deadly / Eleanor FittSeries

seriesSusan Dennard4 books2012

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PassengerSeries

seriesAlexandra Bracken2 books2016

Time travel, adventurous in tone, about quests.

“Nicholas Carter is content with his life at sea, free from the Ironwoods-a powerful family in the Colonies-and the servitude he's known at their hands.”
from the catalogue description of Passenger

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What should I read after Whyborne & Griffin?: The Mortal Instruments — the closest match to Whyborne & Griffin on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Whyborne & Griffin?: Widdershins. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Whyborne & Griffin.
How big is Whyborne & Griffin?: Whyborne & Griffin is 12 books, 2013–2017.

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