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EarthseaUniverse
universe19 books1964
Epic fantasy, about wizards.
“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.”
from the catalogue
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includes Earthsea Cycle
PiranesiNovel
Susanna Clarkestandalone novel2020
Mysterious in tone, about amnesia, set in otherworld.
“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 Charwoman's ShadowNovel
Lord Dunsanystandalone novel1926
About wizards.
Orlando: A BiographyNovel
Virginia Woolfstandalone novel1928
Historical fiction, about gender and society and immortality.
“Considered a feminist classic, the book has been written about extensively by scholars of women's writing and gender and transgender studies.”
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The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor HoffmanNovel
Angela Carterstandalone novel1972
Surrealism and magical realism, challenging in tone.
PhantastesSeries
series4 books1858
Mythic fantasy, about quests, set in fairyland.
Start with Phantastes: A Faerie Romance for Men and Women →