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Genre Benders: Fantasy + Mystery

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The Eyre Affair

by Jasper Fforde

16,754 members

635 reviews

4

5 Members: pwaites, spiphany, cej1027, jenniferw88, ManWithAnAgenda,jain

2

by Terry Pratchett

11,144 members

132 reviews

4.1

4 Members: aulsmith, pwaites, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

3

Rivers of London

by Ben Aaronovitch

7,173 members

421 reviews

3.9

4 Members: hipdeep, jain, ahef1963, jenniferw88

4

Guards! Guards!

by Terry Pratchett

15,870 members

277 reviews

4.2

3 Members: pwaites, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

5

by Terry Pratchett

12,396 members

181 reviews

½ 4.4

3 Members: merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

6

by Terry Pratchett

11,591 members

144 reviews

4.2

3 Members: pwaites, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

7

The Fifth Elephant

by Terry Pratchett

10,901 members

116 reviews

4.1

3 Members: pwaites, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

8

The Big Over Easy

by Jasper Fforde

6,011 members

190 reviews

3.9

3 Members: pwaites, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

9

by Terry Pratchett

5,891 members

185 reviews

4

3 Members: merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

10

by Robert Jackson Bennett

2,386 members

170 reviews

4.1

3 Members: jain, mkbird, ManWithAnAgenda

11

Tea with the Black Dragon

by R. A. MacAvoy

1,596 members

43 reviews

3.9

3 Members: merrystar, spiphany, ahef1963

12

The Golden City

by J. Kathleen Cheney

193 members

11 reviews

3.8

3 Members: inge87, mkbird, toreadagain

13

by Elizabeth Kostova

23,213 members

790 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ahef1963, jenniferw88

14

16,288 members

652 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, jenniferw88

15

The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul

by Douglas Adams

13,191 members

129 reviews

3.9

2 Members: hipdeep, ManWithAnAgenda

16

Lost in a Good Book

by Jasper Fforde

9,705 members

245 reviews

4.1

2 Members: jenniferw88, ManWithAnAgenda

17

The City and the City

by China Miéville

7,160 members

394 reviews

4

2 Members: jenniferw88, ManWithAnAgenda

18

by Gail Carriger

6,242 members

545 reviews

3.9

2 Members: hipdeep, toreadagain

19

by Ilona Andrews

4,554 members

249 reviews

3.8

2 Members: inge87, pwaites

20

The Tainted Cup

by Robert Jackson Bennett

2,187 members

100 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: jain, merrystar

21

Freedom and Necessity

by Steven Brust

1,134 members

21 reviews

3.9

2 Members: aulsmith, merrystar

22

A Drop of Corruption

by Robert Jackson Bennett

918 members

56 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: jain, merrystar

23

Bride of the Rat God

by Barbara Hambly

569 members

20 reviews

3.8

2 Members: aulsmith, mkbird

24

The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox

by Barry Hughart

566 members

8 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: merrystar, spiphany

25

Lord Darcy Investigates

by Randall Garrett

350 members

5 reviews

3.8

2 Members: aulsmith, spiphany

26

Point of Dreams

by Melissa Scott

267 members

9 reviews

4.2

2 Members: jain, aulsmith

27

The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

by Stuart Turton

8,488 members

382 reviews

3.8

Member: merrystar

28

The Alloy of Law

by Brandon Sanderson

5,624 members

161 reviews

4.1

Member: pwaites

29

The Fairy-Tale Detectives

by Michael Buckley

4,483 members

147 reviews

3.9

Member: pwaites

30

by Ben Aaronovitch

3,773 members

197 reviews

3.9

Member: jain

31

Whispers Under Ground

by Ben Aaronovitch

3,238 members

144 reviews

4

Member: jain

32

by Ilona Andrews

3,078 members

168 reviews

4.2

Member: pwaites

33

by Ilona Andrews

2,781 members

145 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: pwaites

34

by Richard Kadrey

2,716 members

190 reviews

3.8

Member: hipdeep

35

by Ilona Andrews

2,443 members

133 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: pwaites

36

by Ilona Andrews

2,083 members

124 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: pwaites

37

1,913 members

45 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: aulsmith

38

by Ilona Andrews

1,666 members

117 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: pwaites

39

Three Parts Dead

by Max Gladstone

1,597 members

95 reviews

3.9

Member: pwaites

40

Those Who Hunt the Night

by Barbara Hambly

1,592 members

36 reviews

3.9

Member: jain

41

1,494 members

38 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: aulsmith

42

by Ilona Andrews

1,387 members

110 reviews

4.2

Member: inge87

43

1,352 members

32 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: aulsmith

44

1,271 members

33 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: aulsmith

45

1,249 members

49 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

46

by Ilona Andrews

1,241 members

90 reviews

4.1

Member: pwaites

47

by Paul Cornell

974 members

64 reviews

3.8

Member: pwaites

48

by Liz Williams

917 members

40 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: jain

49

by Charles Williams

891 members

12 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

50

Traveling with the Dead

by Barbara Hambly

755 members

15 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: aulsmith

51

Too Many Magicians

by Randall Garrett

527 members

9 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: aulsmith

52

Stalking the Unicorn: A Fable of Tonight

by Mike Resnick

492 members

23 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: aulsmith

53

The Midnight Queen

by Sylvia Izzo Hunter

420 members

34 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: inge87

54

Knights of the Blood

by Katherine Kurtz

387 members

3 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: mkbird

55

The Lamplighter

by Anthony O'Neill

352 members

6 reviews

3.2

Member: mkbird

56

312 members

10 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: jenniferw88

57

The Alchemist's Apprentice

301 members

15 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: aulsmith

58

The Secret Casebook of Simon Feximal

239 members

20 reviews

4.2

Member: jain

59

Ten Little Wizards

by Michael Kurland

230 members

2 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: aulsmith

60

Death by Silver

by Melissa Scott

214 members

17 reviews

3.9

Member: jain

61

207 members

15 reviews

4

Member: jain

62

The Gumshoe, the Witch, and the Virtual Corpse

by Keith Hartman

201 members

3 reviews

3.9

Member: aulsmith

63

A Study in Sorcery

by Michael Kurland

185 members

1 review

½ 3.7

Member: aulsmith

64

Speak Daggers to Her

by Rosemary Edghill

177 members

1 review

½ 3.7

Member: aulsmith

65

Magic and the Shinigami Detective

by Honor Raconteur

149 members

7 reviews

4.1

Member: dottyreader

66

by Rosemary Edghill

148 members

1 review

3.8

Member: aulsmith

67

The Shattered Alliance

104 members

½ 3.5

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

68

A Death at the Dionysus Club

by Melissa Scott

102 members

4 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: jain

69

by Jordan L. Hawk

91 members

10 reviews

3.8

Member: jain

70

by Edward Bolme

84 members

2 reviews

3.2

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

71

by Melissa Scott

82 members

1 review

4.2

Member: jain

72

Night of the Long Shadows

by Paul Crilley

81 members

1 review

½ 3.7

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

73

Let Them Eat Stake

by Sarah Zettel

77 members

5 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: pwaites

74

by Jordan L. Hawk

71 members

7 reviews

3.9

Member: jain

75

Blood and Honor

by Graeme Davis

69 members

2.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

76

Legacy Of Wolves

by Marsheila Rockwell

67 members

1 review

½ 3.4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

77

The Bowl of Night

by Rosemary Edghill

63 members

1 review

3.9

Member: aulsmith

78

by Melissa Scott

55 members

1 review

½ 4.5

Member: jain

79

The Darkwood Mask

46 members

3.2

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

80

Taint of the Black Brigade: Chronicles of Abraxis Wren, Book 2

by Paul Crilley

35 members

½ 3.4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

81

by Jenny Schwartz

21 members

2 reviews

3.8

Member: merrystar

82

Memories of a Butterfly

8 members

2 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: exvano

83

by Michelle West

1,841 members

59 reviews

3.9

84

by C. E. Murphy

1,773 members

71 reviews

½ 3.7

85

Children of the Night

by Mercedes Lackey

1,584 members

22 reviews

3.8

86

by Mercedes Lackey

1,029 members

9 reviews

½ 3.5

87

Sweet Silver Blues

996 members

25 reviews

3.8

88

by Jayne Castle

836 members

16 reviews

3.8

89

Powers of Detection: Stories of Mystery and Fantasy

by Dana Stabenow

547 members

18 reviews

½ 3.5

90

Ghost of a Chance

by Yasmine Galenorn

490 members

19 reviews

½ 3.3

91

by Larry Correia

461 members

16 reviews

4.1

92

The Sword-Edged Blonde

by Alex Bledsoe

452 members

36 reviews

½ 3.6

93

422 members

20 reviews

½ 3.5

94

by Melissa Scott

405 members

13 reviews

3.8

Member: aulsmith,jain
Explanations: jain: The other books in the series are much better.

95

318 members

11 reviews

½ 3.5

96

by William Kotzwinkle

275 members

3 reviews

½ 3.6

97

Murder by Magic: Twenty Tales of Crime and the Supernatural

by Rosemary Edghill

266 members

4 reviews

½ 3.7

98

Defending Angels

by Mary Stanton

263 members

12 reviews

½ 3.5

99

by Matthew Hughes

261 members

15 reviews

½ 3.6

100

by L. Jagi Lamplighter

232 members

14 reviews

½ 3.7

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