If the razor-edged quips between Will and Jem and the gallows humor amid clockwork-automaton attacks hooked you in Clockwork Angel, you’ll love the crackling banter of Lockwood, Lucy, and George as they tackle vengeful specters in The Screaming Staircase. Like Tessa sneaking through the Institute to outsmart the Magister, the Lockwood team relies on nerve, cleverness, and teamwork to survive haunted manors and conspiracy-laced cases—and the friendships are as charmingly chaotic as any night at the London Institute.

If you were swept up by the tender tension of Tessa caught between Will’s brittleness and Jem’s warmth while demons and the Magister closed in, Sorcery of Thorns delivers that same intoxicating mix. Elisabeth’s bond with the sardonic sorcerer Nathaniel (and his demon servant, Silas) unfolds with the kind of aching, hesitant pull you felt in the Institute’s halls—only here the threats are living grimoires and forbidden pacts that echo the perilous bargains haunting Tessa’s shapeshifting powers.

If you loved the found-family chaos of Tessa, Will, Jem, Charlotte, and Henry taking on Mortmain’s clockwork army—and the way each member’s skills and secrets matter—then Kaz Brekker’s crew in Six of Crows will hit the same sweet spot. Like the Institute’s midnight raids and masquerade infiltrations, this daring heist hinges on layered loyalties, bruised pasts, and razor-wire banter, with every role (think Jessamine’s social poise or Jem’s steadiness) mirrored in a crew member you’ll come to fiercely root for.

If the secret Shadowhunter society embedded in gaslit London—with Institutes, Clave laws, and arcane relics—captivated you, The Diviners offers a similarly immersive occult cityscape. As Tessa navigates Downworlders and automaton plots, Evie O’Neill wades into 1920s New York’s speakeasies and sinister museums, facing a murderous spirit and a tapestry of hidden powers, folklore, and institutional secrets that feel as layered and alive as the corridors of the London Institute.

If the maneuvering of the Clave, Mortmain’s manipulations, and the political stakes around Charlotte’s leadership kept you turning pages, Witchmark channels that same intrigue. Doctor Miles Singer unravels a web of aristocratic mage corruption and cover-ups that mirror the backroom dealings behind the automaton threat in Clockwork Angel—with masked agendas, dangerous experiments, and a slow unmasking of who really pulls the strings in a society that prefers its magic tidy and controlled.