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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyUniverse

universe18 books1979

Science fiction, funny in tone, set in space and far future.

“The Earth is scheduled for demolition to make way for a hyperspace bypass, and honestly, nobody filed the paperwork properly.”
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Start with The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy →

includes Dirk Gently, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Rivers of LondonSeries

series32 books2011

Urban fantasy, mysterious in tone, set in big city.

“The author Ben Aaronovitch has subsequently written nine books in the Peter Grant Series, plus accompanying novellas, short stories, comics and graphic novels.”
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Start with Rivers of London →

Bryant and MaySeries

series20 books1990

completed

Mystery & detective, about murder investigation, set in british isles and contemporary.

“Bryant and May follows two elderly detectives, Arthur Bryant and John May, who lead London's Peculiar Crimes Unit - a division created during the Second World War to handle cases too strange or sensitive for ordinary police work.”
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Start with Full Dark House →

The Road of the DeadNovel

Kevin Brooksstandalone novel2006

Psychological thriller, tense in tone, about psychic powers.

“Two brothers, one with second sight, investigate their sister's murder.”
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Nursery CrimesSeries

series2 books2005

Fantasy, funny in tone.

“The Big Over Easy turns Humpty Dumpty's fall into a murder investigation; The Fourth Bear follows with the Gingerbread Man as a serial killer.”
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Start with The Big Over Easy →

Merrily WatkinsSeries

series16 books1998

completed

Eerie in tone, about faith and religion.

“‘The red soil and the long, wooded hills… the twisted houses with old bones of blackened oak.”
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Start with The Wine of Angels →

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