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Books Like Ghost Story

by Jim Butcher · about this book

Loved Ghost Story by Jim Butcher? If its series, male lead and witches & witchcraft hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Hounded, Magic Bites and Tyrant's Throne. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside Ghost Story: Series · Male Lead · Witches & Witchcraft · Urban Fantasy · First Person Narrator

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   Hounded

   Kevin Hearne

   Urban Fantasy · Fae/Faeries · Witches & Witchcraft · Fast-Paced · Plot-Driven

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   Magic Bites

   Ilona Andrews

   Urban Fantasy · Witty Banter · Fast-Paced · First Person Narrator · Magic System

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   Tyrant's Throne

   Sebastien de Castell

   Witty Banter · Friendship and Betrayal · First Person Narrator · Male Lead · Plot-Driven

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   Carl's Doomsday Scenario

   Matt Dinniman

   Plot-Driven · Fast-Paced · First Person Narrator · Magic System · Male Lead

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   The Tainted Cup

   Robert Jackson Bennett

   Detective Protagonist · Conspiracy · Plot-Driven · First Person Narrator · Magic System

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   The Hexologists

   Josiah Bancroft

   Private Investigator · Magic System · Witty Banter · First Person Narrator · Fantasy

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   The Last Olympian

   Rick Riordan

   Urban Fantasy · Redemption Arc · Friendship and Betrayal · Fast-Paced · First Person Narrator

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8. 

   The Enemy

   Lee Child

   Detective Protagonist · Fast-Paced · First Person Narrator · Male Lead · Plot-Driven

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9. 

   Patient Zero

   Jonathan Maberry

   Race Against Time · Intense · Fast-Paced · Conspiracy · Male Lead

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10. 

    Night Watch

    Sergei Lukyanenko

    Urban Fantasy · Conspiracy · Magic System · Witches & Witchcraft · Male Lead

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11. 

    City of Bones

    Cassandra Clare

    Urban Fantasy · Fae/Faeries · Fast-Paced · Witty Banter · Series

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12. 

    The Exiled Fleet

    J.S. Dewes

    Redemption Arc · Race Against Time · Fast-Paced · Plot-Driven · Intense

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13. 

    Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

    J.K. Rowling

    Witches & Witchcraft · Race Against Time · Plot-Driven · Ghosts & Hauntings · Male Lead

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14. 

    He Who Fights with Monsters 6

    Shirtaloon

    Witty Banter · Magic System · Male Lead · Series · Urban Fantasy

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15. 

    In the Shadow of Lightning

    Brian McClellan

    Redemption Arc · Plot-Driven · Fast-Paced · Magic System · Conspiracy

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16. 

    The Sunlit Man (Cosmere)

    Brandon Sanderson

    Redemption Arc · Intense · Magic System · Race Against Time · Male Lead

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17. 

    The Perfect Run II

    Maxime J. Durand

    Fast-Paced · Witty Banter · First Person Narrator · Plot-Driven · Male Lead

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18. 

    The Lies of Locke Lamora

    Scott Lynch

    Witty Banter · Friendship and Betrayal · Plot-Driven · Male Lead · Fast-Paced

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19. 

    Kiss the Girls

    James Patterson

    Intense · Plot-Driven · Fast-Paced · Detective Protagonist · Mystery

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20. 

    Kingdom of Ash

    Sarah J. Maas

    Fae/Faeries · Witches & Witchcraft · Magic System · Intense · Series

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