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Susanna Clarkestandalone novel2020
Mysterious in tone, about amnesia and identity, 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 Body ArtistNovel
Don DeLillostandalone novel2001
Set in our world and contemporary.
“The novella is sometimes described as a ghost story due to the appearance of an enigmatic figure that Lauren discovers hiding in an upstairs room of the house following her husband's death.”
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LilithNovel
George MacDonaldstandalone novel1895
About identity, set in otherworld.
GrimusNovel
Salman Rushdiestandalone novel1975
About immortality and quests, set in otherworld.
“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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PalimpsestNovel
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About identity, set in otherworld and big city.
Lud-in-the-MistNovel
Hope Mirrleesstandalone novel1926
About fae, set in secondary world.