Series
Mirrorworld / Reckless
Cornelia Funke & Lionel Wigram · 4 novels · 1 novella · 1 collection · 2010–2020
The MirrorWorld is a planned pentalogy of fantasy novels written by German author Cornelia Funke in collaboration with Lionel Wigram. As of 2024, the first four books in the series have been published, titled The Petrified Flesh, Living Shadows, The Golden Yarn, and The Silver Tracks. The series, based on 19th-Century Europe, features many elements of fairy tales, notably the tales of the German Brothers Grimm. Funke plans to include fairy tales from other cultures, such as Spain, France and Russia in future novels.
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By decade
- 2010s4
- 2020s2
Shape
4 novels · 1 novella · 1 collection
2 authors
reads like:fairy tale retellingquestseurope19th centuryadventurousadult
Mood
This series sits where the catalog sits — its mood is the corpus average.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book6 of 6 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- The Glass of Lead & Golddarkest · calmest
- The Golden Yarnbrightest · most intense