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The Great DivorceNovel
C. S. Lewisstandalone novel1945
Fantasy and literary & general, reflective in tone, about faith and religion, set in afterlife & underworld.
PiranesiNovel
Susanna Clarkestandalone novel2020
Mysterious in tone, about amnesia and loneliness.
“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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GrimusNovel
Salman Rushdiestandalone novel1975
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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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
LilithNovel
George MacDonaldstandalone novel1895
Eerie in tone.
Mr g: A Novel About the CreationNovel
Alan Lightmanstandalone novel2012
Whimsical in tone, about gods.