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The Thief of AlwaysNovel
Clive Barkerstandalone novel1992
Dark fantasy, eerie in tone, about coming of age.
“Once inside, Harvey meets fellow children Wendell and Lulu, the elderly caretaker Mrs. Griffin and her cats, and settles into a routine of enchantment that starts to feel too perfect.”
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The House on the BorderlandNovel
William Hope Hodgsonstandalone novel1908
Horror and weird fiction, eerie in tone, about madness.
InfernoSeries
series2 books1976
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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Start with Inferno →
KatabasisNovel
R. F. Kuangstandalone novel2025
Adventurous in tone, about wizards and quests.
World of Ice and FireUniverse
universe19 books1980
Epic fantasy, about political intrigue and war, set in secondary world.
“Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”
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Start with A Game of Thrones →
includes A Song of Ice and Fire, Targaryen History
GormenghastSeries
series6 books1946
completed
Gothic, set in secondary world.
“Peake was writing a fourth novel, Titus Awakes, at the time of his death in 1968.”
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Start with Titus Groan →