If you loved following Daniel and Fermín as they sifted archives and whispered testimonies to uncover Julián Carax’s fate, you’ll be hooked by William of Baskerville and his novice Adso investigating a chain of deaths centered on a forbidden manuscript. The abbey’s maze-like library echoes the mystique of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books, and the investigation’s literary riddles mirror the way Daniel pieces together Nuria Monfort’s confession and other fragments to solve a mystery born in the stacks.

If the nested revelations of Carax’s past—and especially Nuria Monfort’s long letter that upends what Daniel thinks he knows—were your favorite parts, this will sing to you. Biographer Margaret Lea is invited to record the secrets of famed novelist Vida Winter, whose tale of a crumbling estate, twins, and vanished identities unfolds like the story-within-the-story that reshapes Daniel’s search, turning personal history into the key that unlocks the present.

If you savored the slow unraveling of Carax’s life through testimonies, old records, and clandestine visits—from Daniel’s first glimpse in the Cemetery of Forgotten Books to the testimonies that Bea helps him decode—this multi-generational hunt for the truth behind Vlad Țepeș will feel wonderfully familiar. Expect night trains, dust-laden libraries, and scholarly breadcrumbs that build tension the way Daniel’s trail does, with every letter and archive opening another locked door.

If the menace that stalks Daniel—burned copies of Carax’s novels, Fumero’s brutality, and the sense that books can get you killed—pulled you in, you’ll relish Lucas Corso’s trek through Madrid and Paris as he authenticates a 17th-century occult text. The cafés, backroom dealers, and literary puzzles echo Daniel’s encounters with unscrupulous collectors and secretive archivists, while the noir edge channels the same danger that dogs Daniel and Fermín through Franco-era Barcelona.

If watching Daniel grow—from a boy awed by the Cemetery of Forgotten Books to a young man shaped by first love with Bea and loyalty to Fermín—was what you cherished, Theo Decker’s journey will resonate. After a tragedy binds him to a stolen painting, Theo’s voice carries you through years of loss, obsession, and fragile hope, much like Daniel’s coming-of-age is threaded through mystery, romance, and the weight of the past.