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George MacDonaldstandalone novel1895
Fantasy, eerie and reflective in tone, about identity, set in otherworld.
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Literary & general, 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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William Hope Hodgsonstandalone novel1908
Horror, dark in tone, set in british isles.
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China Miévillestandalone novel2009
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Catherynne M. Valentestandalone novel2009
Literary & general, about loneliness, set in big city.