Most Popular Occult Detective Books

Dresden Files #4

Summer Knight

Jim Butcher

Fantasy · Occult Detective · Urban Fantasy · Mystery

2002

Dresden Files #3

Grave Peril

Jim Butcher

Fantasy · Occult Detective · Urban Fantasy · Mystery

2001

Dresden Files #1

Storm Front

Jim Butcher

Fantasy · Occult Detective · Paranormal Fantasy · Urban Fantasy · Mystery

2000

Dresden Files #2

Fool Moon

Jim Butcher

Fantasy · Demon · Occult Detective · Urban Fantasy · Werewolves

2001

Emily Voss #1

Past Mistakes

Nick Lavitz

Demon · Occult Detective · Paranormal Fantasy · Urban Fantasy · Young Adult

August 4, 2026

Rivers of London #9

Amongst Our Weapons

Ben Aaronovitch

Fantasy · Occult Detective · Urban Fantasy · Mystery

April 22, 2022

Langdon St. Ives #6

Beneath London

James P. Blaylock

Fantasy · Science Fiction · 19th century · Occult Detective · Steampunk

June 2, 2015

The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes

Jamyang Norbu

Fantasy · 19th century · Crime Fiction · Occult Detective · Sherlock Holmes

1999

John Silence: Psychical Investigator

A Psychical Invasion

Algernon Blackwood

Fantasy · Horror · Occult Detective · Psychological Horror · Mystery

1908

The Cthulhu Casebooks #1

Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows

James Lovegrove

Fantasy · Horror · Cthulhu · Occult Detective · Weird Fiction

November 14, 2016

British Library Tales of the Weird #29

The Ghost Slayers

Mike Ashley

Horror · Ghosts · Occult Detective · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction

March 24, 2022

Occult Detective Magazine #7

Occult Detective Magazine #7

John Linwood Grant, Dave Brzeski

Horror · Occult Detective · Weird Fiction · Short Stories · Mystery

May 30, 2020

Occult Detective Magazine #1

Occult Detective Quarterly #1

John Linwood Grant, Sam Gafford

Horror · Occult Detective · Weird Fiction · Short Stories · Non-fiction

2016

Sherlock Holmes: The Shadow of the Rat & The Tangled Skein

David Stuart Davies

Horror · Occult Detective · Vampires · Collection · Sherlock Holmes

February 2010

Dresden Files #18

Twelve Months

Jim Butcher

Fantasy · Occult Detective · Urban Fantasy · Mystery

January 20, 2026

Rivers of London #6

The Hanging Tree

Ben Aaronovitch

Fantasy · Occult Detective · Urban Fantasy · Mystery

November 1, 2016

Rivers of London #7

Lies Sleeping

Ben Aaronovitch

Fantasy · Occult Detective · Urban Fantasy · Mystery

November 6, 2018

Rivers of London #5

What Abigail Did That Summer

Ben Aaronovitch

Fantasy · Occult Detective · Urban Fantasy · Mystery

March 18, 2021

Dresden Files #15

Working for Bigfoot

Jim Butcher

Fantasy · Bigfoot · Occult Detective · Urban Fantasy · Short Stories

June 2015

Rivers of London #5

Foxglove Summer

Ben Aaronovitch

Fantasy · Occult Detective · Urban Fantasy · Mystery

November 7, 2014

Rivers of London #1

Rivers of London

Ben Aaronovitch

Fantasy · Occult Detective · Urban Fantasy · Mystery

January 2011

The Great Detective Universe #1

Sherlock Holmes and the Occult Detectives Volume I

John Linwood Grant

Horror · Crime Fiction · Ghosts · Occult Detective · Weird Fiction

May 7, 2020

Rivers of London

Tales from the Folly: A Rivers of London Short Story Collection

Ben Aaronovitch

Fantasy · Occult Detective · Urban Fantasy · Short Stories · Mystery

July 2020

Rivers of London #8

False Value

Ben Aaronovitch

Fantasy · Occult Detective · Urban Fantasy · Mystery

February 18, 2020

Occult Detective Magazine #2

Occult Detective Quarterly #2

John Linwood Grant, Sam Gafford

Horror · Occult Detective · Weird Fiction · Short Stories · Mystery

2017

The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes - A Betrayal in Blood

Mark A. Latham

Fantasy · Horror · 19th century · Occult Detective · Vampires

March 28, 2017

The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes: The Breath of God

Guy Adams

Fantasy · Horror · Occult Detective · Zombies · Sherlock Holmes

2011

Gaslight Tales of Sherlock Holmes #1

Gaslight Grimoire

J. R. Campbell, Charles Prepolec

Fantasy · Horror · Gaslamp Fantasy · Gothic Horror · Occult Detective

November 2008

Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural

The Black Veil and Other Tales of Supernatural Sleuths

Mark Valentine

Horror · Demon · Ghosts · Gothic Horror · Occult Detective

September 2007

British Library Tales of the Weird #46

The Undying Monster

Jessie Douglas Kerruish

Horror · Norse Mythology · Occult Detective · Weird Fiction · Werewolves

1922

Rivers of London #4

Broken Homes

Ben Aaronovitch

Fantasy · Occult Detective · Urban Fantasy · Mystery

July 22, 2013

Rivers of London #2

Moon Over Soho

Ben Aaronovitch

Fantasy · Occult Detective · Urban Fantasy · Mystery

February 21, 2011

Rivers of London #3

Whispers Under Ground

Ben Aaronovitch

Fantasy · Occult Detective · Urban Fantasy · Mystery

June 16, 2012

Rivers of London #5

The Furthest Station

Ben Aaronovitch

Fantasy · Ghosts · Occult Detective · Urban Fantasy · Novella

June 27, 2017

Rivers of London #10

Stone and Sky

Ben Aaronovitch

Fantasy · Occult Detective · Urban Fantasy · Mystery

July 8, 2025

Occult Detective Magazine #4

Occult Detective Quarterly #4

John Linwood Grant, Dave Brzeski

Horror · Occult Detective · Anthology · Short Stories · Non-fiction

2018