If I like Rivers of London

[PlayOnWurtz]

What else should I read? I like fantasy set in real places which I realise is a bit of a niche!

I followed RoL by: Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern and A Darker Shade of Magic by V E Schwab.

PS I'm not usually into fantasy or magic or anything, I just enjoyed those particular books, so I might not be the authority on it!

I know! The Watchers by Neil Spring is brilliant, and his other book too.
You might also like Jasper Fforde. Slightly bonkers but his book Shades of Grey is one of my favourites.

I have loads of other amazing series to recommend but they are all dystopian or YA. Happy to share if you like!

I'd recommend the Magicians series by Lev Grossman (set half and half in real and fantasy locations) the Devices trilogy by Philip Purser-Hallard (set in 21st century England with elements from ancient myths woven in) and the Split Worlds series by Emma Newman (set in a mixture of the real world and Faerie)

Great thread timing, I'm facing a possible extended hospital stay soon so shall be filling my kindle with some of these suggestions, Thanks OP! (Ps I second the invisible library recommendations)

I enjoyed The Courts of the Feyre by Mike Shevdon.

As well as some of the others mentioned :) Benedict Jacka is a favourite.

Amazon has just recommended me Chasing Embers by James Bennet in the "others who fought X bought Y" bit. It looks promising
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Samantha Shannon's The Bone Season is a brilliant book too and has a few more in the series. Also a series about The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater was really good and a mix of real life and fantasy. Both series have had me gripped recently!

I liked the Nightside novels.

If you're up for historical then Naomi Novik's Temeraire series (the Napoleonic Wars with dragons) is fun. Strange and Norrell is phenomenally good but it's not exactly a light read.

I gave up on the Paul Cornell series - just a bit too grim.

I'm glad there are other Fforde Ffanatics on here. I love every bonkers word of them (apart from his last Thursday next book). He's a thoroughly nice bloke too.

I love Jasper Fforde, but if he doesn't crack on and finish writing the sequel to Shades of Grey I am really going to be Very Cross with him!

Jasper Fforde obviously

Have you read any Christopher Moore? I started with A Dirty Job and loved it!

I hate threads like this... they end up costing me a fortune! I'm not sure if it's a downside or upside of owning a Kindle.

I already downloaded the first Rivers of London book.

Has anyone said Christopher Brookmyre yet?

Where's a good place to start with Jasper Fforde?

Have been on a downloading spree thank you

With Fforde either the Eyre Affair and then onto the rest of the Thursday Next books or the Nursery crimes books

YY CMOT!!!! And Snickers I like him too.

Christopher Fowler's books are excellent, highly recommend, the first one is Full Dark House. You don't have to read them in order, but there are recurring characters so it would be better to do so.
I can third Jodi Taylor's St. Mary's series.

The City and the City by China Mieville. Genius urban sci-fi/fantasy.

Also if you're happy to read YA/kids' books, The Homeward Bounders by Diana Wynne Jones might be your kind of thing. Or any Diana Wynne Jones, really.

The night watch books from terry pratchett are similar in that they're police fantasy. Faves are thud! And night watch. Don't need to read rest of series. Ankh morpork very similar to London.

bookworm14 - I was just about to suggest Diana Wynne Jones. Not so much places but they mix very real situations with fantasy. Have just got my 10 year old to start reading Charmed Life and hoping he will want more, but these may be the children's books I most often see adults reading.

I hope he enjoys it, Elkie! DWJ was a genius.