If the Archive’s labyrinth of doors, keys, and Keepers hooked you, you’ll love how The Rook unveils the Checquy—an occult government that quietly polices the uncanny. Myfanwy Thomas wakes up surrounded by bodies and letters she wrote to herself, then must navigate rival departments, monstrous threats, and a conspiracy from within—much like Mackenzie piecing through the Coronado’s secrets, the Narrows, and Owen’s true identity. It’s a clever, eerie puzzle box that scratches the same itch as tracking Histories and outmaneuvering the powers behind the Archive.

You followed Mackenzie’s I-voice down the Narrows and into the Coronado’s locked rooms; here, you’ll ride shotgun as Cas Lowood narrates his ghost-hunting life with the same immediacy. When Cas enters Anna Korlov’s house—a place as deadly as any corridor Mack patrols—every choice, quip, and heartbeat is filtered through his perspective, echoing the way Mack’s narration pulls you into her Keeper work, her memories of Da’s training, and the charge of facing violent Histories alone.

If Mackenzie’s grief for Ben and those bittersweet training memories with Da lingered with you, The Ocean at the End of the Lane swims in that same emotional current. An adult returns to a childhood lane and remembers a girl named Lettie Hempstock, a pond that might be an ocean, and a darkness that once seeped into his home—magic that feels as intimate and inexorable as the Archive’s pull on Mack. It’s tender, uncanny, and threaded with the ache of remembering what you can’t entirely bear to forget.

Like Mack chasing the truth behind the Coronado’s tragedies and the boy who shouldn’t be there, Lucy Carlyle dives into hauntings that conceal shocking histories. When the Lockwood & Co. team enters the notorious Combe Carey Hall, the case twists through hidden rooms and lethal surprises—mirroring the way The Archived peels back layers of Owen’s past and the Archive’s fail-safes. It’s propulsive, clever, and full of reveal-after-reveal that recontextualizes every earlier clue.

If you loved how most of The Archived unfolds within the Coronado’s halls—Mack slipping through doors, decoding lies, and working alone until Wesley crashes in—White Cat delivers that same tight focus. Cassel’s world of curse workers hides in plain sight; the mystery circles his school, his family, and a white cat that stalks his dreams. As he unspools cons and betrayals, the stakes tighten the way Mack’s do when she tracks Histories through the Narrows and realizes the danger is closer to home than she thought.