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Laundry Files Series

13 primary works • 23 total works
The multiple Hugo Award-winning Laundry Files series follows the exploits of a former tech support worker now-turned field agent, Bob Howard, at the Laundry, a top secret British intelligence agency dedicated to protecting the cosmos and the human race from nefarious supernatural phenomenon beyond spacetime. Starting off with The Atrocity Archives,…

Book 1

The Atrocity Archives
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3.89 · 27663 Ratings · 2279 Reviews · published 2004 · 48 editions
NEVER VOLUNTEER FOR ACTIVE DUTY ...
Bob Howard is a…

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    Book 1.5

    The Concrete Jungle
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    3.85     · 2767 Ratings · 131 Reviews · published 2004 · 5 editions
    Bob gets called out on account of a monster progra…

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    Book 2

    The Jennifer Morgue
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    4.02     · 15116 Ratings · 868 Reviews · published 2006 · 45 editions
    Bob Howard, from The Laundry, secret UK agency aga…

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    Book 2A

    Progetto Jennifer - Parte 1
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    3.87     · 23 Ratings · 3 Reviews · 2 editions
    Bob Howard è un esperto informatico e un agente su…

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    Book 2B

    Progetto Jennifer - Parte 2
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    3.87     · 23 Ratings · 2 Reviews · 2 editions
    Un’arma possente, appartenuta a un’antichissima ci…

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    Book 2.5

    Down on the Farm
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    3.97     · 3664 Ratings · 124 Reviews · published 2008 · 6 editions
    In Charles Stross’s novel The Atrocity Archive and…

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    Book 2.9

    Equoid
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    3.96     · 5151 Ratings · 431 Reviews · published 2013 · 7 editions
    The "Laundry" is Britain's super-secret agency dev…

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    Book 3

    The Fuller Memorandum
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    4.19     · 12760 Ratings · 643 Reviews · published 2010 · 25 editions
    Computational demonologist Bob Howard catches up o…

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    Book 3.5

    Overtime
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    3.92     · 4130 Ratings · 169 Reviews · published 2009 · 5 editions
    Introduced to readers in the novels The Atrocity A…

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    Book 2.5, 2.9, 3.5

    Three Tales from the Laundry Files
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    4.21     · 614 Ratings · 26 Reviews · published 2014 · 2 editions
    Enjoy two short stories and a novella from the Lau…

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    Book 4

    The Apocalypse Codex
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    4.18     · 11495 Ratings · 578 Reviews · published 2012 · 21 editions
    For outstanding heroism in the field (despite hims…

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    Book 5

    The Rhesus Chart
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    4.19     · 9538 Ratings · 577 Reviews · published 2014 · 22 editions
    LONDON CAN DRAIN THE LIFE OUT OF YOU . . .

    Bob Howa…

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    Book 6

    The Annihilation Score
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    3.91     · 7740 Ratings · 607 Reviews · published 2015 · 17 editions
    In this this science fiction spy thriller by Hugo …

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    Book 6.5

    Escape from Yokai Land
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    3.92     · 1966 Ratings · 188 Reviews · published 2022 · 9 editions
    Regular readers of Charles Stross's Laundry Files …

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    Book 7

    The Nightmare Stacks
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    4.23     · 6870 Ratings · 530 Reviews · 14 editions
    Alex Schwartz had a great job and a promising futu…

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    Book 8

    The Delirium Brief
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    4.26     · 5884 Ratings · 444 Reviews · published 2017 · 12 editions
    Someone is dead set to air the spy agency’s dirty …

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    Book 9

    The Labyrinth Index
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    4.14     · 4723 Ratings · 311 Reviews · published 2018 · 11 editions
    The arrival of vast, alien, inhuman intelligences …

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    Book 10

    Dead Lies Dreaming
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    3.96     · 3479 Ratings · 354 Reviews · published 2020 · 10 editions

    In a world where magic has gone mainstream, a poli…

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    Book 11

    Quantum of Nightmares
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    4.11     · 2421 Ratings · 191 Reviews · published 2022 · 12 editions
    A unique blend of espionage thrills and Lovecrafti…

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    Book 12

    Season of Skulls
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    4.16     · 2042 Ratings · 140 Reviews · published 2023 · 10 editions
    Season of Skulls continues Hugo Award-winning auth…

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    Book 13

    A Conventional Boy
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    4.15     · 1334 Ratings · 136 Reviews · published 2025 · 9 editions
    In 1984, Derek Reilly was just another spotty teen…

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    Book 14

    The Regicide Report
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    4.25     · 826 Ratings · 95 Reviews · published 2026 · 6 editions
    An occult assassin, an elderly royal and a living …

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    Book 1-2

    On Her Majesty's Occult Service
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    4.29     · 608 Ratings · 31 Reviews · published 2007 · 3 editions
    Bob Howard was just a typical hacker until he acci…

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