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  • Cover of The Midnight World
    The Midnight WorldSeries

    series · 2 books · 2020

    Fantasy, emotional in tone.

    “In particular, they frequently wonder how different things might have been had they made other choices at pivotal moments in their lives.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Midnight Library →

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  • Cover of Kairos
    KairosSeries

    series · 11 books · 1962

    completed

    Science fiction.

    Start with A Wrinkle in Time →

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  • Cover of Mythago Wood
    Mythago WoodSeries

    series · 7 books · 1984

    completed

    Fantasy and mythic fantasy, eerie in tone, set in british isles.

    “The first novel follows Stephen Huxley investigating his family's obsession with the wood after his father's death; Holdstock continued the cycle across further novels and stories exploring different characters and eras.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Mythago Wood →

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  • Cover of Dying Inside
    Dying InsideNovel

    Robert Silverberg · standalone novel · 1972

    Science fiction, about psychic powers and loneliness, set in north america.

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  • Cover of Concrete Island
    Concrete IslandNovel

    J. G. Ballard · standalone novel · 1974

    Literary & general, about survival and loneliness, set in our world.

    “Architect Robert Maitland crashes his car onto a stretch of wasteland trapped between three converging motorways -- visible from thousands of cars, reachable by none of them.”

    from the catalogue

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  • Cover of Vincent Ettrich
    Vincent EttrichSeries

    series · 4 books · 1999

    Surrealism and fantasy, eerie in tone.

    Start with White Apples →

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