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LilithNovel
George MacDonaldstandalone novel1895
Eerie in tone.
Till We Have FacesNovel
C. S. Lewisstandalone novel1956
Set in ancient world.
“The myth had haunted Lewis all his life, because he believed that some of the main characters' actions were illogical.”
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PiranesiNovel
Susanna Clarkestandalone novel2020
Literary & general, mysterious in tone, about amnesia.
“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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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.”
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Start with A Wizard of Earthsea →
includes Earthsea Cycle
Star DaughterNovel
Shveta Thakrarstandalone novel2020
About coming of age, set in secondary world.
GrimusNovel
Salman Rushdiestandalone novel1975
Literary & general, about immortality and quests, set in islands.
“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.”
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