18 books like Well of Lost Plots

What to read after Well of Lost Plots — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

First Among Sequels (Thursday Next, #5) Jasper Fforde · 2007 · ★ 4.0 · 407p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Literary sleuth Thursday Next is out to save literature in the fifth installment of Jasper Fforde's wildly popular seriesBeloved for his prodigious imagination, his satirical gifts, his literate humor, and sheer silliness, Jasper Fforde has delighted book lovers since Thursday Next first appeared in The Eyre Affair, a genre send-up hailed as an instant classic. Since the no-nonsense literary… Shares: Next, Thursday Next, Characters and characteristics in literature, Books and Reading

Lost in a Good Book Jasper Fforde · 2002 · ★ 4.1 · 399p · ≈ 13h · Moderate The inventive, exuberant, and totally original literary fun that began with The Eyre Affair continues with Jasper Fforde's magnificent second adventure starring the resourceful, fearless literary sleuth Thursday Next. When Landen, the love of her life, is eradicated by the corrupt multinational Goliath Corporation, Thursday must moonlight as a Prose Resource Operative of Jurisfiction, the police… Shares: Next, Thursday Next, Characters and characteristics in literature, Books and Reading

In the Presence of the Enemy (Inspector Lynley Mystery) Elizabeth George · 1996 · ★ 4.4 · 636p · ≈ 21h · Moderate Hailed as the "king of sleaze," tabloid editor Dennis Luxford is used to ferreting out the sins and scandals of people in exposed positions. But when he opens an innocuous-looking letter addressed to him at his tabloid The Source, he discovers that someone else excels at ferreting out secrets as well. He learns from this letter that ten-year-old Charlotte Bowen has been abducted, and if Luxford… Shares: Women detectives, Great Britain, Mystery

Ghost in the Gallery Carolyn Keene · 1955 · 174p · ≈ 5h · Moderate A ghostly figure, a walking suit of armor, and a gargoyle in the prompter's box confront Jean and Louise Dana and their Starhurst classmates as they rehearse for a musical at Mozart Hall. The owner, a retired singer, and the watchman assure the performers there is nothing to worry about. The students wonder whether their imaginations are playing tricks on them. Or are spooky things actually… Shares: Women detectives, Mystery

Killing Time Linda Howard · 2005 · ★ 4.3 · 325p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Returning to the entrancing supernatural territory of her popular novels Dream Man and Son of the Morning, New York Times bestselling author Linda Howard has written a sizzling new novel that is her most daring, exciting, and original yet. In 1985, with much fanfare, a time capsule was buried under the front lawn of a small-town county courthouse, to be reopened in 2085. But just twenty years… Shares: Women detectives, Time Travel, Mystery

Magpie Murders Anthony Horowitz · 2016 · ★ 4.0 · 496p · ≈ 16h · Moderate From the New York Times bestselling author of Moriarty and Trigger Mortis, this fiendishly brilliant, riveting thriller weaves a classic whodunit worthy of Agatha Christie into a chilling, ingeniously original modern-day mystery. When editor Susan Ryeland is given the manuscript of Alan Conway's latest novel, she has no reason to think it will be much different from any of his others. After… Shares: Authors, Great Britain

The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side Agatha Christie · 1960 · ★ 4.0 · 272p · ≈ 9h · Moderate E-book exclusive extras:1) Christie biographer Charles Osborne's essay on The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side;2) "The Marples": the complete guide to all the cases of crime literature's foremost female detective.The quaint village of St Mary Mead has been glamourized by the presence of screen queen Marina Gregg, who has taken up residence in preparation for her comeback. But when a local fan is… Shares: Characters and characteristics in literature, Women detectives, Mystery

Reading Like a Writer Francine Prose · 2006 · ★ 3.6 · 296p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Long before there were creative-writing workshops and degrees, how did aspiring writers learn to write? By reading the work of their predecessors and contemporaries, says Francine Prose. In Reading Like a Writer, Prose invites you to sit by her side and take a guided tour of the tools and the tricks of the masters. She reads the work of the very best writers—[Dostoyevsky][1], [Flaubert][2],… Shares: Books and Reading, Authors

The League of Night and Fog David Morrell · 1987 · ★ 4.1 · 413p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Two brilliant operatives known as Saul and Drew are drawn together to solve a baffling mystery: Why have ten elderly men from around the world been kidnapped? As the agents investigate they are pulled into a violent cycle of revenge that stretches back to World War II--and is now forcing sons to pay for their father's darkest sins.David Morrell's international thrillers have no equal. From the… Shares: Authors, Mystery

Beyond Heaven's River Greg Bear · 1980 · ★ 3.3 · 256p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Yoshio Kawashita is a great warrior until aliens whisk him away during World War II. They put him on a desolate planet far from his home, where he is destined to remain forever, leaving him alone in his new hell. Then Anna Nestor appears. This empress does not see planets as homes for their inhabitants; she sees exploitable real estate. At first, Anna Nestor views Kawashita as a sideshow… Shares: Authors, Time Travel

A Shilling for Candles (Inspector Alan Grant #2) Josephine Tey · 1936 · ★ 3.9 · 197p · ≈ 6h · Challenging A woman's body is found on the English seacoast, and twisted in her hair is an article screaming murder. For Inspector Alan Grant, the case becomes a nightmare, as too many clues and too many motives arise. (cc. Edmonton Public Library website.) Shares: Great Britain, Mystery

The Word Is Murder Anthony Horowitz · 2017 · ★ 3.9 · 400p · ≈ 13h · Moderate It’s been two years since Injustice aired and Detective Daniel Hawthorne needs cash. Having gotten himself fired from his job at the Metropolitan police, Hawthorne decides to approach Anthony Horowitz. He’s investigating a bizarre and complex murder and he wants Anthony to write a book about it, a bestselling book of course, with a 50/50 split. The only catch is they need to solve the… Shares: Authors, Great Britain, Mystery

The Alington Inheritance (A Miss Silver Mystery) Patricia Wentworth · 1958 · ★ 3.9 · 222p · ≈ 7h · Moderate When a question of inheritance turns fatal, Miss Silver searches for the killer. Jenny has never been one to feel sorry for herself. The illegitimate child of a wealthy man and a stature less woman, she has been an orphan since before she can remember. It is a hard life made bearable only by the kindness of her guardian, an old woman named Miss Garstone, who has always treated Jenny as her own.… Shares: Women detectives, Mystery

Morlock Night K. W. Jeter · 1979 · ★ 3.4 · 336p · ≈ 11h · Moderate An unwitting participant in the mission to restore Excalibur to its rightful owner who comes awake only when England needs to be rescued, the narrator of this dark farcical romp is enlisted by Merlin to try to save the world. Written as a sequel to H. G. Wells' The Time Machine, K.W. Jeter created a science fiction tale employing alternate history and clockwork devices in a Victorian London… Shares: Great Britain, Time Travel

Murder on Mulberry Bend Victoria Thompson · 2003 · ★ 4.4 · 346p · ≈ 11h · Moderate The Prodigal Son Mission on Mulberry Bend stands as a refuge for girls who otherwise would have to live by selling the only thing they have of value-themselves. The work being done there so impresses Sarah that she volunteers to help out however she can-with clothes, with medical assistance, with the organization of a benefit dinner. And when one of the girls is found dead and refused burial… Shares: Women detectives, Mystery

Ceremony in Death Nora Roberts · 1997 · ★ 4.5 · 329p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Fifth Eve Dallas Investigation In Death Even in an age of cutting-edge technology, old beliefs die hard... Death surrounded her. She faced it daily, dreamed of it nightly. Lived with it always. She knew its sounds, its scents, even its texture. Ten years as a cop hadn't hardened her toward it. A decade on the force hadn't made her accept it. Conducting a top-secret investigation into the death… Shares: Women detectives, Mystery

Malory Christina Hardyment · 2005 · ★ 3.9 · 634p · ≈ 21h · Moderate Sir Thomas Malory's Morte Darthur (1469) is one of the most renown books in the world. Virtually all modern versions of the Arthurian legends are derived from its energetic, memorably phrased and remarkably individual telling of the stirring exploits of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table. Yet the identity of the fifteenth-century knight who wrote it has remained an enigma for… Shares: Authors, Great Britain

The Franchise Affair (Inspector Alan Grant #3) Josephine Tey · 1948 · ★ 4.0 · 310p · ≈ 10h · Challenging Robert Blair was about to knock off from a slow day at his law firm when the phone rang. It was Marion Sharpe on the line, a local woman of quiet disposition who lived with her mother at their decrepit country house, The Franchise. It appeared that she was in some serious trouble: Miss Sharpe and her mother were accused of brutally kidnapping a demure young woman named Betty Kane. Miss Kane’s… Shares: Great Britain, Mystery

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