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Shadow CastleNovel
Marian Cockrellstandalone novel1945
Portal fantasy, whimsical in tone, about curses.
“In the middle of a deep forest is an enchanted valley and a castle where only shadows live, shadows of kings and queens who have waited for hundreds of years for the spell cast upon them to be broken.”
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Jacob's LadderNovel
Brian Keaneystandalone novel2005
Portal fantasy, about amnesia and coming of age.
The Way to BabylonNovel
Paul Kearneystandalone novel1992
Portal fantasy, dark in tone, set in secondary world.
“Broken, bereaved and happy to let his fans go without the next book in his bestselling series, fantasy author Michael Riven expects to go home to his isolated cabin and avoid people.”
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PiranesiNovel
Susanna Clarkestandalone novel2020
Literary & general, about amnesia and identity.
“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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The TwoNovel
Andrea Dean Van Scoyocstandalone novel2006
Eerie in tone, about survival and murder investigation, set in parallel universe.
“As a way to escape from the noise and distraction of the city, he finds his dream home in the country estateand at a steal ... or is it?”
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The Magic CityNovel
E. Nesbitstandalone novel1910
Portal fantasy, adventurous and whimsical in tone, about loneliness.