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series16 books1961

completed

Historical fiction, reflective in tone.

“There's no ongoing plot connecting the pieces; Orsinia functions more as a shared place and history than a series with continuing characters.”
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The Jesus SequenceSeries

series3 books2013

Reflective and challenging in tone, about identity.

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PiranesiNovel

Susanna Clarkestandalone novel2020

Fantasy, mysterious in tone, about amnesia and identity.

“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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Astonishing the GodsNovel

Ben Okristandalone novel1995

Magical realism, reflective in tone, about identity.

GrimusNovel

Salman Rushdiestandalone novel1975

Fantasy, about immortality and quests.

“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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Mr g: A Novel About the CreationNovel

Alan Lightmanstandalone novel2012

Reflective and whimsical in tone, about gods and faith and religion.

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