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Fire and HemlockNovel
Diana Wynne Jonesstandalone novel1984
Mysterious in tone, about fae and coming of age.
AlderleySeries
series4 books1960
About quests.
“The three books span most of Garner's writing life rather than forming one continuous trilogy.”
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The Time of the GhostNovel
Diana Wynne Jonesstandalone novel1981
Ghost stories, mysterious in tone, about family secrets.
“Set in the English countryside, it features a teenage ghost who is one of four sisters, and observes the family, unable to remember which one she is.”
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The Owl ServiceNovel
Alan Garnerstandalone novel1967
About curses and coming of age.
“During a summer vacation in a secluded Welsh valley, three young people find themselves driven by the spirits of three mythical lovers to reenact an ancient tragedy.”
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PiranesiNovel
Susanna Clarkestandalone novel2020
Literary & general, mysterious in tone, 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
Fantasy and 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.”
from the catalogue
Start with Mythago Wood →