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Books like Interfictions: 9 series to read next

Interfictions is literary & general and fantasy, about identity, set in our world, challenging in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Interfictions is 2 books, 2007–2009.

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American Gods
Conjunctions
The Midnight World
VALIS
Ægypt
Crane's View
Every Day
The Collected Stories of Carol Emshwiller
Through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders

American GodsSeries

seriesNeil Gaiman10 books1999

Mythic fantasy, about gods.

“Gaiman's 2005 novel Anansi Boys is set in the same mythological world and shares the trickster god Mr. Nancy, but follows a different protagonist and story, making it a loose companion rather than a direct sequel.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Keepsakes and Treasures: A Love Story →

ConjunctionsSeries

seriesBradford Morrow, Peter Straub, Brian Evenson, Elizabeth Hand & John Crowley11 books1992

Literary & general, set in contemporary and our world.

“Conjunctions is a biannual American literary journal founded in 1981 by Bradford Morrow, who continues to edit the journal.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Fables, Yarns, Fairy Tales →

The Midnight WorldSeries

seriesMatt Haig2 books2020

Emotional in tone, about second chance and grief and loss.

“In particular, they frequently wonder how different things might have been had they made other choices at pivotal moments in their lives.”
from the catalogue description of The Midnight Library

Start with The Midnight Library →

VALISSeries

seriesPhilip K. Dick4 books1981

Science fiction.

“The title is an acronym for Vast Active Living Intelligence System, Dick's gnostic vision of God.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with VALIS →

ÆgyptSeries

seriesJohn Crowley5 books1987

About books and reading, set in north america.

“Does the world have a secret history, encoded in myth and legend, reflected in the very windings of our brains?”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Ægypt →

Crane's ViewSeries

seriesJonathan Carroll3 books1998

Set in north america and small town.

Start with Kissing the Beehive →

Every DaySeries

seriesDavid Levithan3 books2012

Emotional in tone, about body swap.

“David Levithan's Every Day follows A, a consciousness with no fixed body who wakes each morning inside a different person's life, and who falls for a girl named Rhiannon despite the impossibility of ever staying in one body to be with her.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Every Day →

The Collected Stories of Carol EmshwillerSeries

seriesCarol Emshwiller2 books2011

Science fiction, about gender and society.

Start with The Collected Stories of Carol Emshwiller Vol. 1 →

Through the Valley of the Nest of SpidersSeries

seriesSamuel R. Delany1 book2012

About coming of age, set in north america.

Start with Through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders →

Why these

No sales rank, no star ratings, no readers also bought.

Shared terms are not a promise that a book feels the same. Two series can be far-future political intrigue and read nothing alike — what the ranking can say is what they are about, and each card says which parts it shares.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after Interfictions?: American Gods — the closest match to Interfictions on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Interfictions?: Interfictions: An Anthology of Interstitial Writing. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Interfictions.
How big is Interfictions?: Interfictions is 2 books, 2007–2009.

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