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series7 books1984

completed

Fantasy and mythic fantasy, eerie in tone, set in contemporary.

“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.”
from the catalogue

Start with Mythago Wood →

PiranesiNovel

Susanna Clarkestandalone novel2020

Fantasy, about amnesia, 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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Queen's ThiefSeries

series41 books1996

Fantasy, about political intrigue, set in secondary world.

“Megan Whalen Turner's series expands from that single heist into court intrigue and small-scale warfare among a set of Mediterranean-flavored kingdoms, with later books often shifting whose perspective the reader trusts.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Thief →

Inverted WorldNovel

Christopher Prieststandalone novel1974

Science fiction, challenging in tone, about survival, set in secondary world.

“A city travels slowly along tracks laid by the residents ahead of the city and pulled up from behind the city, through territory where other people live.”
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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.”
from the catalogue

Start with An Infinite Summer →

Solar CycleSeries

series18 books1980

completed

Science fantasy and science fiction, set in far future.

Start with The Shadow of the Torturer →

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