If you delighted in the witty banter and tongue-in-cheek satire of The Big Over Easy, you'll love Good Omens. The unlikely partnership between the angel Aziraphale and the demon Crowley echoes the offbeat detective duo of Jack Spratt and Mary Mary, while the book’s playful take on the apocalypse matches Fforde’s irreverent approach to nursery rhyme mysteries.

If you enjoyed the way The Big Over Easy reimagines a world where nursery rhyme characters walk among us, The Eyre Affair will thrill you with its alternate reality where literary classics are policed by the Literary Detectives. Thursday Next’s adventures through the pages of Jane Eyre evoke the same inventiveness and playful engagement with bookish worlds.

If the unpredictable, twist-laden plot of The Big Over Easy kept you guessing, you’ll find a kindred spirit in Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency. Dirk’s investigations are as delightfully convoluted and full of wild surprises as Jack Spratt’s, with a similar blend of humor, science fiction, and whodunit.

If you appreciated the colorful mix of characters—like the nursery crime squad and Humpty Dumpty’s eccentric acquaintances—in The Big Over Easy, you’ll enjoy the offbeat ensemble populating The Yiddish Policemen’s Union. Chabon’s alternate-history detective story is packed with oddball personalities and complex relationships.

If the whimsical, surreal elements—such as Humpty Dumpty’s impossible fall and fairy-tale logic—were your favorite part of The Big Over Easy, The Stench of Honolulu serves up a similarly zany adventure. Handey’s tale is a riot of silly situations, bizarre happenings, and magical nonsense, all delivered with a straight face.