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George MacDonaldstandalone novel1895

Reflective in tone, about identity.

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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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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The SpindlersNovel

Lauren Oliverstandalone novel2012

Adventurous in tone, about quests, set in underground & caves.

“Accompanied by an eccentric, human-sized rat, Liza embarks on a perilous quest through an underground realm to save her brother, Patrick, whose soul has been stolen by the evilest of creatures--the spider-like spindlers.”
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