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>>7942171
I like to shill the Faction Paradox books, it's technically a Dr. Who spinoff but doesn't really share anything with it's parent series apart from time/space travel. My favorite's "Of the City of the Saved", it's about a city the size of a galaxy that exists at the end of Time, into which are resurrected every human, pre-human hominid, and post-human who ever lived. They don't know how they got there, who made the City, or why they're now immortal. And then someone gets murdered, which shouldn't be possible.

In general Philip Purser-Hallard is my nigga, he's doing a "modern day Knights of the Round Table" trilogy too if that's more your style.

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>>7859161
With the brief of "great books which have inexplicably fallen off the radar of the standard recommended lists", I can't not mention Of The City Of The Saved. It's a weird old book, the best description I can think of is "post-singularity noir". There's this city the size of a galaxy, which exists at the end of Time, and into it are "saved" every human, pre-human, and human descendant who ever lived. So you've got Neanderthals living alongside cyborgs, and no one can be physically harmed. No one knows who set up the City, how they got there, why there aren't any aliens, or why everyone's suddenly immortal. And then someone gets murdered, which shouldn't be possible.

Technically it's #2 in the Faction Paradox series (small press SF by disgruntled Dr. Who writers, apparently), but none of the books in the series are related, I found this in a pound shop and read it as a standalone.