Books Like "Ninth House"

Matched to readers who loved Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

Dark academia meets occult horror as a Yale outsider monitors deadly secret societies practicing real magic.

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• Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch — Urban fantasy mixing police procedural elements with magic, featuring working-class protagonists navigating supernatural mysteries.
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