Recs if you like Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (Dirk Gently, #1)...

Based on the list/book published in 2006, general editor Peter Boxall.

it happens to the best of us, you start reading a series that sounds so good and then at some point it just…stops, there’s no final book, no satisfying conclusion, nothing. sometimes this is a deliberate choice an author is making (cough, cough George!) or simply they could not complete the series due to life-altering circumstances.

as always, please drop any suggestions in the comments!!!

Funny or darkly comic murder books featuring bungled plans, accidental deaths, bizarre families, amateur sleuths, incompetent criminals or people who are just having the worst day imaginable.

Murders happen everywhere, all the time, to humans and aliens alike. Time to solve them among the stars. (Book 1 of series exclusively)

if you love mystery inc

A variety of books recommended by a librarian (appropriate for students aged 11-16 as well).

Let's travel through time, one book at a time. These titles feature time travel or time loops as a crucial plot point. Only the first books in a time travel series are featured.

Recommendations welcome!

Titles with full character's name. I haven't read all of those books, and I'm open to suggestions.

Chaotic people being sassy af Bold,unashamed and unapologetic menaces

books that have a character's full name in the title (if the book is part of a series, i have only included the first book)