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LilithNovel
George MacDonaldstandalone novel1895
About identity.
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 House on the BorderlandNovel
William Hope Hodgsonstandalone novel1908
Weird fiction, dark in tone, about madness.
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
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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