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A high-stakes supernatural chase where a boy and his loyal dachshund must outrun the literal forces of Hell. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with The infernals.
- infernal
- tense
- otherworldly
- 01
The Book of Lost Things
John Connolly
A dark, twisted descent into the macabre roots of fairy tales, where a grieving mind navigates a nightmare realm to process profound loss.
- 02
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.
- 03
Lord Loss
Darren Shan
A visceral, blood-soaked plunge into a nightmarish world where survival requires outsmarting literal demons.
- 04
Inferno
Mike Care
A Machiavellian chess match played with cosmic stakes, where the sharpest weapon is a silver tongue.
- 05
The boy on the bridge
M. R. Carey
A claustrophobic, deeply empathetic journey through a ruined world where humanity's survival rests on the shoulders of an outcast child.
- 06
Johannes Cabal the necromancer
Jonathan L. Howard · 2008
A delightfully wicked romp through a demonic carnival run by a deadpan necromancer who just wants his soul back.
- 07
Child of Fire
Harry Connolly
A gritty, high-stakes plunge into a hidden world where magic is deadly and survival means facing inhuman horrors with almost nothing but your wits.
- 08
The damnation game
Clive Barker
A lush, blood-soaked descent into a Faustian nightmare where the stakes are eternal and the house always wins.
- 09
happy hour in hell
Tad Williams
A gritty, high-stakes descent into the netherworld where survival means outrunning demons and undead psychopaths.
- 10
The black angel
John Connolly
A lyrical, dread-soaked descent into the darkest corners of the human and supernatural realms.
- 11
Neverwhere
Neil Gaiman
A darkly whimsical plunge into a grimy, magical metropolis hidden just beneath the cracks of the ordinary world.
- 12
I, Lucifer
Glen Duncan · 2002
A wickedly funny, hyper-articulate romp through the gritty underbelly of London, narrated by the ultimate unreliable and arrogant anti-hero.
