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The Time Traveler's WifeNovel
Audrey Niffeneggerstandalone novel2003
Time travel and romance, emotional in tone.
“Niffenegger, who was frustrated with love when she began the novel, wrote the story as a metaphor for her failed relationships.”
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Southern Reach TrilogySeries
series4 books2014
Weird fiction and horror, eerie in tone, about madness.
“In 2013, Paramount Pictures bought the movie rights for the series, and a film adaptation of Annihilation was made with Alex Garland as writer-director.”
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FledglingNovel
Octavia E. Butlerstandalone novel2005
Paranormal, about vampires and identity.
BillySeries
series15 books2005
completed
Humor, funny and whimsical in tone.
Start with Billy and the Ants →
Out of Their MindsNovel
Clifford D. Simakstandalone novel1970
Adventurous and whimsical in tone, about transported to another world.
“What if their world were real - if vampires, devils and Don Quixote hobnobbed with Dagwood Bumstead and Charlie Brown.”
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Job: A Comedy of JusticeNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1984
Funny in tone, about gods and faith and religion, set in parallel universe.
“The title is a reference to the biblical Book of Job and James Branch Cabell's book Jurgen, A Comedy of Justice.”
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