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Neil Gaimanstandalone novel1998

Fairy tale retelling, about quests and fae, set in fairyland.

“Stardust has a different tone and style from most of Gaiman's prose fiction, being consciously written in the tradition of pre-Tolkien English fantasy, following in the footsteps of authors such as Lord Dunsany and Hope Mirrlees.”
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InfernoSeries

series2 books1976

Dark in tone, about redemption and faith and religion.

“In Inferno, Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle send a science fiction writer to his death and drop him into a modern-dress version of Dante's nine circles of Hell, where he must reason his way toward understanding why he has been damned.”
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EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Epic fantasy, reflective in tone, 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.”
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includes Earthsea Cycle

Skinjacker TrilogySeries

series4 books2006

Set in otherworld and contemporary.

“From copyright page: When Nick and Allie are killed in a car crash, they end up in Everlost, or limbo for lost souls, where although Nick is satisfied, Allie will stop at nothing - even skinjacking - to break free.”
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What Dreams May ComeNovel

Richard Mathesonstandalone novel1978

Emotional and hopeful in tone, about grief and loss and faith and religion.

“A man who dies and finds himself in the afterlife is concerned about the state of mind of his widow, who doesn't believe in life after death.”
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All Hallows' EveNovel

Charles Williamsstandalone novel1945

About faith and religion, set in our world and mid 20th century.

“There were two later translations into Italian and Spanish.”
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