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Paranormal investigators and space detectives

Description: List of paranormal investigators and space detectives created for the SFFKIT 2024 category challenge.

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Rank Title Author Added

1

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

by Douglas Adams

14,946 members

253 reviews

3.9

4 Members: amberwitch, eclbates, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

2

Station Eternity

by Mur Lafferty

668 members

35 reviews

3.8

4 Members: Aquila, amberwitch, rhian_of_oz, eclbates

3

Fugitive Telemetry

by Martha Wells

3,097 members

165 reviews

4.2

4 Members: Aquila, amberwitch, ManWithAnAgenda, Charon07

4

The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul

by Douglas Adams

13,196 members

129 reviews

3.9

3 Members: amberwitch, eclbates, ManWithAnAgenda

5

The Eyre Affair

by Jasper Fforde

16,758 members

635 reviews

4

3 Members: amberwitch, Sarielle, ManWithAnAgenda

6

The Tainted Cup

by Robert Jackson Bennett

2,195 members

102 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: amberwitch, Sarielle, eclbates

7

16,294 members

653 reviews

3.8

3 Members: amberwitch, Sarielle, eclbates

8

by Mur Lafferty

266 members

13 reviews

3.9

3 Members: Aquila, amberwitch, eclbates

9

The City and the City

by China Miéville

7,164 members

394 reviews

4

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, Charon07

10

1,914 members

45 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: amberwitch, Sarielle, eclbates

11

Rivers of London

by Ben Aaronovitch

7,180 members

421 reviews

3.9

3 Members: amberwitch, Sarielle, eclbates

12

by Mary Robinette Kowal

652 members

44 reviews

3.8

2 Members: Aquila, amberwitch

13

Emergent Properties

129 members

10 reviews

½ 3.5

3 Members: Aquila, amberwitch, Charon07

14

Even Though I Knew the End

848 members

34 reviews

4

2 Members: Aquila, amberwitch

15

The Witness for the Dead

by Katherine Addison

995 members

55 reviews

4.1

2 Members: Aquila, amberwitch

16

The Well of Lost Plots

by Jasper Fforde

8,401 members

190 reviews

4

2 Members: amberwitch, ManWithAnAgenda

17

Lost in a Good Book

by Jasper Fforde

9,707 members

245 reviews

4.1

2 Members: amberwitch, ManWithAnAgenda

18

by Ilona Andrews

1,385 members

110 reviews

4.2

2 Members: amberwitch, Sarielle

19

Something Rotten

by Jasper Fforde

7,256 members

151 reviews

4.1

2 Members: amberwitch, ManWithAnAgenda

20

First Among Sequels

by Jasper Fforde

5,344 members

173 reviews

3.9

2 Members: amberwitch, ManWithAnAgenda

21

Magic for Liars

by Sarah Gailey

1,733 members

77 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: Aquila, eclbates

22

Flaxman Low, Occult Psychologist, Collected Stories

12 members

1 review

½ 3.5

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

23

Test Patterns: Creature Features

by Duane Pesice

5 members

2 reviews

4.8

Member: jdavidhacker

24

The Mimicking of Known Successes

642 members

44 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: Aquila, amberwitch

25

by Nick Harkaway

489 members

36 reviews

4

2 Members: amberwitch, Charon07

26

The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles

268 members

10 reviews

3.9

2 Members: Aquila, amberwitch

27

596 members

19 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: amberwitch, Sarielle

28

Something from the Nightside

by Simon R. Green

2,576 members

104 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: amberwitch, eclbates

29

Guilty Pleasures

by Laurell K. Hamilton

9,108 members

236 reviews

3.8

2 Members: amberwitch, Sarielle

30

Whispering Nickel Idols

553 members

7 reviews

3.8

Member: amberwitch

31

Down These Strange Streets

by George R. R. Martin

547 members

22 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: jdavidhacker

32

The Devil You Know

1,817 members

82 reviews

3.8

2 Members: amberwitch, Sarielle

33

by Kat Richardson

1,902 members

88 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: amberwitch, Sarielle

34

by T. Kingfisher

618 members

29 reviews

4

2 Members: amberwitch, eclbates

35

1,602 members

63 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: amberwitch, Sarielle

36

Sweet Silver Blues

996 members

25 reviews

3.8

Member: amberwitch

37

Anno Dracula {with additional material}

879 members

24 reviews

3.8

Member: jdavidhacker

38

Counterweight: A Novel

179 members

5 reviews

2.9

Member: Charon07

39

Cruel Zinc Melodies

462 members

7 reviews

3.8

Member: amberwitch

40

A Ferry of Bones & Gold

by Hailey Turner

185 members

18 reviews

4

Member: Sarielle

41

The Eldritch Equations and Other Investigations

by Peter Rawlik

5 members

1 review

5

Member: jdavidhacker

42

230 members

2 reviews

4.2

Member: amberwitch

43

Bang Bang Bodhisattva

53 members

3 reviews

3.8

Member: Charon07

44

The Best Horror of the Year Volume Fifteen

by Ellen Datlow

29 members

3 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: jdavidhacker

45

Old Tin Sorrows

615 members

7 reviews

3.9

Member: amberwitch

46

by Matthew FitzSimmons

395 members

15 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: Charon07

47

The Book of Cthulhu

by Ross E. Lockhart

345 members

10 reviews

3.9

Member: jdavidhacker

48

3,498 members

223 reviews

3.9

Member: Charon07

49

Bitter Gold Hearts

695 members

9 reviews

3.8

Member: amberwitch

50

The Miskatonic University Spiritualism Club

by Peter Rawlik

7 members

1 review

½ 4.5

Member: jdavidhacker

51

by Kelley Armstrong

6,195 members

253 reviews

3.9

Member: Sarielle

52

Dread Brass Shadows

573 members

6 reviews

3.8

Member: amberwitch

53

No One Will Come Back For Us

by Premee Mohamed

100 members

6 reviews

3.9

Member: jdavidhacker

54

The Last Policeman Trilogy (The Last Policeman, #1-3)

by Ben H. Winters

2 members

3

Member: Charon07

55

The Investigation

by Stanisław Lem

697 members

11 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: Charon07

56

Polar City Blues

by Katharine Kerr

420 members

5 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: Aquila

57

Gilded Latten Bones

348 members

9 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: amberwitch

58

Enter the Peerless

by Kyle Winkler

2 members

1 review

½ 4.5

Member: jdavidhacker

59

by Kalayna Price

1,323 members

86 reviews

3.9

Member: Sarielle

60

The Chain of Chance

by Stanisław Lem

736 members

10 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: Charon07

61

Night Train to Rigel

by Timothy Zahn

625 members

16 reviews

3.8

Member: Aquila

62

Garrett Investigates

197 members

2 reviews

4

Member: amberwitch

63

The Demolished Man

by Alfred Bester

5,111 members

124 reviews

3.9

Member: Charon07

64

First Grave on the Right

by Darynda Jones

2,321 members

210 reviews

3.8

Member: Sarielle

65

The Tea Master and the Detective

by Aliette de Bodard

637 members

48 reviews

3.8

Member: Aquila

66

The Garrett Files

420 members

5 reviews

4

Member: amberwitch

67

1,021 members

103 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: Sarielle

68

Cold Copper Tears

661 members

7 reviews

3.8

Member: amberwitch

69

Deadly Quicksilver Lies

521 members

4 reviews

3.8

Member: amberwitch

70

All the Hidden Paths

206 members

6 reviews

4

Member: Aquila

71

These Fragile Graces, This Fugitive Heart

by Izzy Wasserstein

67 members

6 reviews

4.1

Member: Charon07

72

by Charles Stross

2,753 members

126 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: Charon07

73

A Strange and Stubborn Endurance

617 members

22 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: Aquila

74

Red Planet Blues

by Robert J. Sawyer

339 members

20 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: Charon07

75

The Woman Who Died a Lot

by Jasper Fforde

1,948 members

97 reviews

4

Member: amberwitch

76

One of Our Thursdays Is Missing

by Jasper Fforde

2,631 members

122 reviews

3.9

Member: amberwitch

77

by Liz Williams

917 members

40 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: amberwitch

78

Precious Dragon

by Liz Williams

302 members

9 reviews

3.8

Member: amberwitch

79

by Liz Williams

113 members

3 reviews

3.9

Member: amberwitch

80

The Demon And The City

by Liz Williams

495 members

12 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: amberwitch

81

The Shadow Pavilion

by Liz Williams

206 members

4 reviews

4.1

Member: amberwitch

82

Shadows in the Starlight

by Elaine Cunningham

158 members

3 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: amberwitch

83

Shadows in the Darkness

by Elaine Cunningham

247 members

5 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: amberwitch

84

by Randall Garrett

544 members

9 reviews

3.9

Member: amberwitch

85

Lord Darcy Investigates

by Randall Garrett

348 members

5 reviews

3.8

Member: amberwitch

86

Too Many Magicians

by Randall Garrett

527 members

9 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: amberwitch

87

Murder and Magic

by Randall Garrett

379 members

3 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: amberwitch

88

by Elizabeth Bear

702 members

31 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: amberwitch

89

by Madeleine E. Robins

215 members

10 reviews

3.8

Member: amberwitch

90

Point of Honour

by Madeleine E. Robins

377 members

16 reviews

3.9

Member: amberwitch

91

The Sleeping Partner

by Madeleine E. Robins

79 members

6 reviews

4.2

Member: amberwitch

92

348 members

5 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: amberwitch

93

390 members

7 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: amberwitch

94

Cast in Courtlight

by Michelle West

1,126 members

35 reviews

4

Member: amberwitch

95

by Michelle West

1,841 members

59 reviews

3.9

Member: amberwitch

96

by Michelle West

916 members

23 reviews

4

Member: amberwitch

97

Cast in Silence

by Michelle West

645 members

18 reviews

4.1

Member: amberwitch

98

by Michelle West

199 members

6 reviews

4

Member: amberwitch

99

by Michelle West

391 members

17 reviews

4.1

Member: amberwitch

100

by Michelle West

747 members

20 reviews

4.1

Member: amberwitch

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