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A History of the World in 10½ ChaptersNovel
Julian Barnesstandalone novel1989
Satire, challenging in tone.
GrimusNovel
Salman Rushdiestandalone novel1975
About immortality and quests, set in otherworld.
“After drinking a mysterious fluid that grants him immortality, the young Axona man Flapping Eagle sets out on a centuries-long search for his vanished sister, drifting through identities and eras as the decades pass without aging him.”
from the catalogue
ErewhonSeries
series4 books1872
completed
Satire, about class conflict, set in secondary world.
Start with Erewhon, or, Over the Range →
PiranesiNovel
Susanna Clarkestandalone novel2020
Mysterious in tone, about amnesia and identity, 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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More Than HumanNovel
Theodore Sturgeonstandalone novel1953
About psychic powers and found family.
“Science fiction critic and editor David Pringle included it in his book Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels.”
from the catalogue
EarthseaUniverse
universe19 books1964
Epic fantasy, about wizards, set in secondary world.
“There is a lesson every wizard of Earthsea learns young: to know a thing's true name is to hold its whole being, and to speak it is to move the balance of the world.”
from the catalogue
Start with A Wizard of Earthsea →
includes Earthsea Cycle