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Susanna Clarkestandalone novel2020

Literary & general, about loneliness, set in otherworld.

“A man lives in a huge isolated labyrinthine building partially submerged in an ocean, together with another man and 13 skeletons, which is the only world he recalls.”
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Mythago WoodSeries

series7 books1984

completed

Mythic fantasy, eerie in tone, set in contemporary and british isles.

“The first novel follows Stephen Huxley investigating his family's obsession with the wood after his father's death; Holdstock continued the cycle across further novels and stories exploring different characters and eras.”
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Start with Mythago Wood →

The Locked TombSeries

series6 books2019

Science fantasy, about undead, set in other star systems and far future.

“Tamsyn Muir's Gideon the Ninth follows Gideon Nav, an indentured swordswoman raised among nuns and skeletons in the Ninth House, who is drafted into a deadly imperial trial by Harrowhark, the necromancer she can't stand.”
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Start with Gideon the Ninth →

Dream ArchipelagoSeries

series16 books1976

completed

Science fiction and literary & general.

“Novels like The Affirmation and The Islanders, along with numerous short stories, revisit the setting from different, often contradictory angles rather than building one continuous narrative.”
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Start with An Infinite Summer →

The Chaos ChroniclesSeries

series3 books2005

Science fantasy, set in contemporary.

“John C. Wright is an American writer of science fiction and fantasy novels.”
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Start with Orphans of Chaos →

Fire and HemlockNovel

Diana Wynne Jonesstandalone novel1984

Mythic fantasy, about fae, set in contemporary.

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