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Fire and HemlockNovel
Diana Wynne Jonesstandalone novel1984
Mythic fantasy, about fae and amnesia.
ElidorNovel
Alan Garnerstandalone novel1965
About quests, set in secondary world.
“Set primarily in modern Manchester, it features four English children who enter a fantasy world, fulfill a quest there, and return to find that the enemy has followed them into our world.”
from the catalogue
The Books of ElsewhereSeries
series5 books2010
Set in our world.
“When eleven-year-old Olive and her distracted parents move into an old Victorian mansion, Olive finds herself ensnared in a dark plan involving some mysterious paintings, a trapped and angry nine-year-old boy, and three talking cats.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Shadows →
Many DimensionsNovel
Charles Williamsstandalone novel1931
Fantasy, mysterious and eerie in tone, about magical artifacts, set in contemporary and british isles.
“Many Dimensions is the second of the novels of the supernatural by Charles Williams.”
from the catalogue
CoralineSeries
series2 books2002
Horror, tense in tone, set in parallel universe.
“The Guardian ranked Coraline #82 in its list of 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.”
from the catalogue
Start with Coraline →
The Dark Is RisingSeries
series5 books1965
Mythic fantasy, adventurous in tone.
“The first book in the series, Over Sea, Under Stone, was originally conceived as a stand-alone novel, and the sequence gets its name from the second novel in the series, The Dark Is Rising.”
from the catalogue
Start with Over Sea, Under Stone →