Books like The Servants by Michael Marshall Smith

When ordinary Londoner Richard Mayhew rescues a bleeding stranger, he is thrust into London Below, a shadowy realm of monsters, angels, and underground society that forces him to fight for survival before he can return home.

Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens’s 1837-39 social novel, follows an orphan raised in a workhouse who flees to London, joins a gang of pickpockets, and uncovers family secrets while exposing child labour and exploitation.

Nothing, in all it's entirety.

A love story set in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars, where Anne Elliot finds herself amidst the Regency era as her sister rents Miss Elliot's father's house, leading to an unexpected reunion with Captain Frederick Wentworth and the return of her beloved.

A fantasy epic set in a world of Gods and kings, following the journey of Garion, a young man with a mysterious past and a destiny to fulfill.

The story of two boys and their dark journey through a haunted carnival

Stephen King’s Revival follows a charismatic preacher’s rise and fall in a small New England town, exploring music, addiction, and religious fanaticism amid family drama and supernatural mystery.

A coming‑of‑age narrative set in 19th‑century England, following young David Copperfield as he navigates orphanhood, hardship and society’s social hierarchies.

During a Mexican vacation, two couples lose a friend and delve into a jungle ruin, only to confront a terrifying, ancient presence.

During a Boy Scouts weekend in the Canadian wilderness, a thin, pale intruder appears, carrying a bioengineered horror that spreads faster than fear and forces the young scouts to face unimaginable choices.

In a stylised 21st‑century London, Stark navigates the neon‑lit neighbourhoods of Colour, Sound and Red as a looming, past‑focused crisis threatens to surface in a spectacle of nuclear warfare.

In 1990s Charleston, a close‑knit women's book club fights a sinister newcomer as child murders unravel their sleepy town.

Two widowers in upstate New York pursue trout in Dutchman's Creek and uncover a dark, ancient secret tied to the Ashokan Reservoir, forcing them to confront loss and the price of reclaiming what they lost.

In a near‑future world where human cloning serves as the ultimate health insurance, Jack Randall, a burnt‑out caretaker on a clone farm, must confront moral choices that could change everything.

A thrilling tale of three unlikely strangers: a gangster, a street child, and a middle-class family who will be forever changed by a chance meeting in a Manila neighborhood.

R. Scott Bakker’s debut, *The Darkness That Comes Before*, launches the Prince of Nothing series with a vast, textured world, a post‑apocalyptic past, and a grand holy war centered on the enigmatic Anasurimbor Kellhus.

Ex‑police officer Jack Whalen’s life is turned upside down when his wife goes missing and a scientist’s family is murdered, forcing him to confront dark secrets of a past he thought he left behind.

Gregory Maguire's sequel to the beloved Wicked, focusing on Liir, the orphaned son of the Wicked Witch, and his journey through the Wizard of Oz universe.

On the eve of their wedding, Edward and Marian are drawn into unexpected paths while their friends face strange choices; the charismatic manservant Jackson guides them toward light, yet confronts his own pivotal decisions.

A darkly comic novel exploring the corrupting influence of politics and media in modern Britain.

A diverse community gathers outside Imber Abbey, where an ancient bell symbolizes religion and mystery, drawing questions of faith, love, and forgiveness into the lives of its members.

Four university friends venture into the Arctic Circle’s Scandinavian wilderness seeking escape, only to confront ancient rituals and deadly forces lurking among untouched forest.

"I very much need to be dead." These are the chilling last words left by a man who had everything to live for but took his own life. In the void that remains stands his widow, FBI agent Jane Hawk, surrounded by questions destined to go unanswered unless she does what all the grief and fury inside her demand: Find the truth, no matter what. People of talent and accomplishment, people seemingly happy and sound of mind, have recently been committing suicide in surprising numbers. A disturbing pattern is beginning to emerge. Jane is determined to give up everything to find out why. And if that means going rogue and becoming America's Most Wanted, then so be it. Those arrayed against her are legion, and devoted to protecting something profoundly important-or terrifying-enough to exterminate any and all in their way. But Jane is as clever as these enemies are cold-blooded, as relentless as they are ruthless. And she is driven by a righteous rage they can never comprehend. Because it is born of love.

The Rook, by Daniel O'Malley, blends science‑fiction, fantasy, and paranormal elements to craft a fresh speculative narrative that invites readers into an imaginative, genre‑crossing world.

An entertaining description of life downstairs during the Victorian period. Essential reading for fans of Upstairs Downstairs and Downton Abbey.