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LilithNovel
George MacDonaldstandalone novel1895
Fantasy.
Childhood's EndNovel
Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1953
First contact, about aliens, set in our world and near future.
GrimusNovel
Salman Rushdiestandalone novel1975
Fantasy and 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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PiranesiNovel
Susanna Clarkestandalone novel2020
Fantasy, mysterious in tone, about amnesia.
“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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More Than HumanNovel
Theodore Sturgeonstandalone novel1953
About psychic powers and found family, set in our world.
“Science fiction critic and editor David Pringle included it in his book Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels.”
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Stranger in a Strange LandNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1961
About aliens and faith and religion, set in north america and near future.