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A delightfully eccentric romp through a gaslamp-lit world where the supernatural hides in plain sight. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Jackaby.
- gaslamp-lit
- whimsical
- mildly macabre
- cozy
- 01
Beastly bones
William Ritter
A quirky, atmospheric romp through 1892 New England where eccentric detectives hunt supernatural beasts and solve gruesome mysteries.
- 02
Stalking Jack the Ripper
Kerri Maniscalco
A fog-drenched, blood-spattered romp through Victorian London that balances gruesome forensic science with swoony romantic banter.
- 03
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs
A hauntingly atmospheric journey into a fog-drenched world where eerie vintage photographs hold the keys to a dark, magical reality.
- 04
The diviners
Libba Bray
A glitzy, jazz-soaked romp through the Roaring Twenties that slowly reveals a terrifying, blood-drenched underbelly.
- 05
The Empty Grave
Jonathan Stroud
A thrilling, fog-drenched finale where dry British wit meets genuine supernatural terror and the fierce loyalty of found family.
- 06
The monstrumologist
Rick Yancey
A blood-soaked, gothic descent into madness and monstrosity, told with the chilling detachment of a Victorian clinical journal.
- 07
The Creeping Shadow
Jonathan Stroud
A fog-drenched, witty descent into supernatural peril where the only thing sharper than the ghosts' claws is the banter.
- 08
Lair of Dreams
Libba Bray
A glittering, jazz-soaked descent into the terrifying nightmares lurking beneath the American Dream.
- 09
Skulduggery Pleasant
Derek Landy · 2007
A razor-sharp, banter-filled plunge into a shadowy magical underworld alongside a walking, talking, fire-throwing skeleton.
- 10
The Blackthorn Key
Kevin Sands
A puzzle-filled, explosive romp through shadowy 17th-century London that balances dark conspiracies with the fierce loyalty of friendship.
- 11
Down a Dark Hall
Lois Duncan · 1974
A claustrophobic gothic mystery that wraps you in the suffocating dread of an isolated boarding school harboring dark, supernatural secrets.
- 12
Serafina and the black cloak
Robert Beatty
A shadowy, historical mystery where an unlikely friendship is the only light against a creeping supernatural dread.
