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LilithNovel
George MacDonaldstandalone novel1895
Reflective in tone, about identity.
The House on the BorderlandNovel
William Hope Hodgsonstandalone novel1908
Horror and weird fiction, dark in tone, about madness.
PiranesiNovel
Susanna Clarkestandalone novel2020
Mysterious in tone, 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 Thief of AlwaysNovel
Clive Barkerstandalone novel1992
Dark fantasy, dark 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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Fairy Tale AnthologiesSeries
series7 books1993
Fantasy and fairy tale retelling.
“Each book commissions new stories from a rotating set of authors reworking familiar tales, often into darker, more adult territory than their source material.”
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GrimusNovel
Salman Rushdiestandalone novel1975
Literary & general, about immortality and quests.
“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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