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A whiskey-soaked, blood-spattered joyride through a grimy supernatural Los Angeles with a protagonist who literally crawled out of Hell. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Sandman Slim.
- grimy
- chaotic
- neon-lit
- blood-soaked
- frenetic
- 01
Kill City blues
Richard Kadrey
A blood-soaked, neon-drenched joyride through the supernatural underbelly of Los Angeles with a chain-smoking antihero.
- 02
Kill the dead
Richard Kadrey
A blood-soaked, neon-drenched joyride through a grimy Los Angeles where the monsters are real and the hero is worse.
- 03
The Devil You Know
Mike Carey
A gritty, sarcastic descent into a haunted London where the ghosts are dangerous but the living are worse.
- 04
You Suck
Christopher Moore · 2007
A manic, blood-splattered rom-com that trades brooding gothic romance for slapstick comedy and teenage goth snark.
- 05
Half-resurrection blues
Daniel José Older
A shadowy, supernatural mystery that explores the eerie, liminal space between the living and the dead.
- 06
The devil's detective
Simon Kurt Unsworth
A grim, supernatural noir where a weary investigator must navigate the ultimate corrupt bureaucracy to solve an escalating string of murders.
- 07
A Dirty Job
Christopher Moore · 2006
A hilariously morbid romp through the bureaucracy of the afterlife, anchored by the fierce love of a neurotic single dad.
- 08
The good, the bad, and the uncanny
Simon R. Green
A gritty, supernatural noir where a cynical detective is thrust into a deadly power vacuum in a shadowy, magical London.
- 09
Dead Beat (The Dresden Files, Book 7)
Jim Butcher
A high-octane, snark-filled thrill ride where a battered underdog wizard faces down the forces of darkness with sheer stubbornness and spectacular magical fireworks.
- 10
The Dirty Streets Of Heaven
Tad Williams
A gritty, neon-soaked supernatural noir where the afterlife is just another corrupt bureaucracy and the angels are as world-weary as the demons.
- 11
Just another judgement day
Simon R. Green · 2009
A gritty supernatural noir where a cynical detective races to stop an unstoppable, apocalyptic force from cleansing a shadowy city of sin.
- 12
Hard magic
Larry Correia
A gritty, high-octane collision of 1930s noir and explosive magical combat.
