18 books like Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency

What to read after Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Doctor Who British Broadcasting Corporation · 1989 · 304p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Climb aboard the TARDIS for a journey through space, time, and comedy in the official Doctor Who joke book! -What do we want? -TIME TRAVEL! -When do we want it? -THAT'S IRRELEVANT! Packed with a dimensionally transcendent TARDIS-load amount of jokes, gags and riddles, this is the official Doctor Who joke book! Remember: it's funnier on the inside! Shares Time Travel, Science Fiction

The Anubis Gates Tim Powers · 1983 · ★ 3.9 · 393p · ≈ 13h · Moderate An ancient Egyptian sorcerer, a modern millionaire, a body-switching werewolf, a hideously deformed clown, a young woman disguised as a boy, a brainwashed Lord Byron, and finally, the protagonist Professor Brendan Doyle, who wanted none of this nonsense. Shares Time Travel, Science Fiction

Exiles of the Stars Andre Norton · 1971 · ★ 4.0 · 256p · ≈ 8h · Moderate This is the second in the Moon Singer series featuring “Maelen”, the former moon singer of the primitive planet mythical “Thassa”. Also revolving around the cargo apprentice “Krip Vorland’, now in the body of the “Thassa” and the crew of the free-trader “Lydis” who’s sabotaged ship barely survives its landing on a barren and hostile planet. One by one, the crew of the Lydis and in addition to… Shares Time Travel, Science Fiction

Special deliverance Clifford D. Simak · 1982 · ★ 3.7 · 217p · ≈ 7h · Moderate It all started when Professor Edward Lansing wanted to know who really wrote that great term paper on Shakespeare and learned that his student had bought it from a slot machine. Going to investigate, the good professor found the machine, which gave him two keys and sent him in search of other slot machines. The third machine he tried took his money and transported him to a strange new… Shares Time Travel, Science Fiction

Son of Man Robert Silverberg · 1971 · ★ 3.4 · 212p · ≈ 7h · Moderate 1972 Locus Poll Award nominee, best SF novel IN THE BEGINNING... there was no Brooklyn, no St. Louis, no Shakespeare, no moon, no hunger, no death... IN THE BEGINNING... there were no real men, no real women, nothing but dispassionately passionate ambisexuals of the lowest and highest order... IN THE BEGINNING... the heavens, the seas and the Earth belonged to more intelligent species… Shares Time Travel, Science Fiction

Immortal IV Valjeanne Jeffers · 2012 · 242p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Rules were broken. Now the price must be paid. “The New World awoke to a roaring wind, light blazed from the mirror—swallowing the planet—a churning, savage vortex. Tundra's inhabitants cried out, as their flesh bled from their bones like wet clay. The world shuddered. And was still.” The Immortals broke the rules. As punishment, Karla and Joseph are transported to a steam powered realm.… Shares Time Travel, Science Fiction, Fantasy

The ugly little boy Isaac Asimov · 1991 · ★ 3.9 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Moderate other title: The Ugly Little Boy Shares Time Travel, Science Fiction

Death by Mummy

Death by Mummy Brittany E. Brinegar & J.E. Brinegar Shares Mystery with this book.

The Murder of Mr. Wickham

The Murder of Mr. Wickham Claudia Gray · 2022 · ★ 3.9 A summer house party turns into a thrilling whodunit when Jane Austen's Mr. Wickham—one of literature’s most notorious villains—meets a sudden and suspicious end in this brilliantly imagined mystery from a New York Times bestselling author featuring Austen’s leading literary characters. “Had Jane Austen sat down to write a country house murder mystery, this is exactly the book she would… Shares Mystery

Elvenbane

Elvenbane Mercedes Lackey & Andre Norton From Grand Masters Mercedes Lackey and Andre Norton — the landmark dragon-and-rebellion saga, revised, illustrated, and complete at last.The elves rule a world where humans are property. The one thing they fear is a child who is not fully human.For a thousand years the immortal elven lords have bred, collared, drugged, and discarded their human slaves at a whim. They fear revolt — but they fear… Shares Fantasy

Empire of Storms

Empire of Storms Sarah J. Maas Only the greatest sacrifice can turn the tide of war. War is brewing in the fifth book in this complete, #1 bestselling Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas, author of the Court of Thorns and Roses (ACOTAR) series. The long path to the throne has only just begun for Aelin Galathynius as war looms on the horizon. Loyalties have been broken and bought, friends have been lost and gained, and… Shares Fantasy

House of Earth and Blood

House of Earth and Blood Sarah J. Maas The first book in the #1 bestselling Crescent City series by Sarah J. Maas, author of the Court of Thorns and Roses (ACOTAR) series. Bryce Quinlan had the perfect life-working hard all day and partying all night-until a demon murdered her closest friends, leaving her bereft, wounded, and alone. When the accused is behind bars but the crimes start up again, Bryce finds herself at the heart of the… Shares Fantasy

The Finest Edge of Twilight: Dungeons & Dragons

The Finest Edge of Twilight: Dungeons & Dragons R.A. Salvatore Shares Fantasy with this book.

Midnight in the House of Commons

Midnight in the House of Commons Charles Finch Shares Mystery with this book.

A Case of Mice and Murder

A Case of Mice and Murder Sally Smith · 2024 · ★ 4.1 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Moderate WINNER OF THE 2026 BRITISH BOOK AWARD, CRIME & THRILLER Named a Best Book of the Year by The Wall Street Journal, Library Journal, and Christian Science Monitor "I was immediately besotted . . . Brilliant." -Janice Hallett, internationally bestselling author of The Appeal When barrister Gabriel Ward steps out of his rooms at exactly two minutes to seven on a sunny May morning in… Shares Mystery

Crown of Midnight

Crown of Midnight Sarah J. Maas Never trust an assassin. Celaena's story continues in the second book in this complete, #1 bestselling Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas, author of the Court of Thorns and Roses (ACOTAR) series. Celaena Sardothien won a brutal contest to become the King's Champion. But she is far from loyal to the crown. Though she goes to great lengths to hide her secret, her deadly charade… Shares Fantasy

The Ladies Road Guide to Utter Ruin

The Ladies Road Guide to Utter Ruin Alison Goodman In Regency England, the eccentric Colebrook sisters are amateur detectives who use their wits and invisibility as “old maids” to fight injustice in this delightful and fiercely feminist novel of mystery and adventure from New York Times bestselling author Alison Goodman.To most of Regency high society, forty-two-year-old Lady Augusta Colebrook, or Gus, and her twin sister, Julia, are just… Shares Mystery

Kingdom of Claw

Kingdom of Claw Demi Winters Return to the Kingdom of Íseldur, where enemies become lovers and dark secrets hide around each corner, the second novel in the Ashen series.In the aftermath of a harrowing journey, Silla Nordvig’s dreams of a simple life have been shattered. Beaten, betrayed, and reeling from the revelation of her true name, she flees Kopa with Reynir Galtung, ruthless leader of the Bloodaxe Crew. But when… Shares Fantasy

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