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Fantasy Rooted in Folklore Beyond the Familiar European Shelf
Fantasy Rooted in Folklore Beyond the Familiar European Shelf
by book_guy  • 
8 in common: The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea, The Stardust Thief and 6 more
These 30 novels turn particular storytelling traditions into new fiction: Korean Shim Cheong, Persian Sufi poetry, Lipan Apache animal-people stories, Métis rougarou accounts and many others. The...
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Political Fantasy Where Decisions Have Lasting Consequences
Political Fantasy Where Decisions Have Lasting Consequences
by book_guy  • 
4 in common: The Jasmine Throne, The City of Brass and 2 more
A political fantasy becomes convincing when a decision changes what other people can do: who may practise magic, which interests a government protects, whose labour supports an empire, or what an...
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Historical Fantasy Where the Past Shapes the Magic
Historical Fantasy Where the Past Shapes the Magic
by book_guy  • 
4 in common: She Who Became the Sun, Fox Wife and 2 more
The most convincing historical fantasy lets the past set the terms of the impossible. A spirit must find work in an immigrant city; a mapmaker's gift becomes dangerous to a ruler; a ghost...
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Urban Fantasy With Cities You Can Almost Walk Through
Urban Fantasy With Cities You Can Almost Walk Through
by book_guy  • 
3 in common: Black Water Sister, The ghost bride and 1 more
A good fantasy city has more than a recognisable skyline: someone has to work a shift, cross a boundary, find a room and get home. These 25 books make those routes matter. London’s hidden...
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Epic Fantasy Series Worth the Long Commitment
Epic Fantasy Series Worth the Long Commitment
by book_guy  • 
2 in common: The Poppy War and Jade City
A long fantasy series earns its space when alliances, institutions and private decisions keep changing what comes next. These twenty recommendations favour completed arcs, from three substantial...
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Romantic Fantasy Where Both the Romance and the Fantasy Matter
Romantic Fantasy Where Both the Romance and the Fantasy Matter
by book_guy  • 
2 in common: Empire of sand and Daughter of the Moon Goddess
These books make attraction part of the way a fantasy world works: a political marriage, a dangerous magical secret, a shared investigation or a disagreement about who deserves power. Start with...
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Fantasy With Older Heroes Who Have Already Lived a Life
Fantasy With Older Heroes Who Have Already Lived a Life
by book_guy  • 
2 in common: The empress of salt and fortune and The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi
The past should give a fantasy hero more than an impressive name. These 25 books put experience to work: old friendships that still matter, responsibilities that cannot simply be abandoned, skills...
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Dark Fantasy With More to Offer Than Relentless Misery
Dark Fantasy With More to Offer Than Relentless Misery
by book_guy  • 
In common: The Devourers
A dangerous world needs something worth noticing inside it: a friendship, a filthy joke, an astonishing creature, or a choice that still matters. These books earn their darkness through different...
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Fantasy Where Religion Is More Than a Sinister Priesthood
Fantasy Where Religion Is More Than a Sinister Priesthood
by book_guy  • 
In common: The empress of salt and fortune
Belief can shape how someone buries a stranger, listens to a neighbour or understands an obligation, long before it becomes a struggle for a throne. These fantasies take those smaller acts...
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Novels That Tell a Life Out of Order
Novels That Tell a Life Out of Order
by book_guy  • 
In common: The seven moons of Maali Almeida
The order in which we learn about a life can change what we think happened. These novels use returns, reversals, competing recollections or literal jumps through time to make that difference felt...
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Fantasy About Building a Community Rather Than Taking a Throne
Fantasy About Building a Community Rather Than Taking a Throne
by book_guy  • 
In common: The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi
A community needs food, shelter, skills and rules about whose needs count. These 20 fantasy books make those arrangements part of the action: looking after a damaged landscape, learning to work as...
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Novels That Blend Comedy and Heartbreak Without Forcing Either
Novels That Blend Comedy and Heartbreak Without Forcing Either
by book_guy  • 
In common: The seven moons of Maali Almeida
People do not stop being funny when life becomes difficult. Their habits, awkward conversations and attempts to keep things going can become more revealing under pressure. These 25 novels earn...
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Fantasy With Ingenious Magic Systems
Fantasy With Ingenious Magic Systems
by book_guy  • 
In common: Jade City
A good magical rule gives a character something to work with and something to work around. These 25 novels and novellas make that pleasure part of the reading: precise commands, limited materials...
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Books Everyone Should Read at Least Once
Books Everyone Should Read at Least Once
by book_guy  • 
In common: The seven moons of Maali Almeida
Treat this as a set of doors into different kinds of reading. Familiar novels sit beside translated fiction, memoir, poetry, science and stories told in pictures, chosen for a memorable voice, an...
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Generation-Ship Novels About Living Inside a Long Journey
Generation-Ship Novels About Living Inside a Long Journey
by book_guy  • 
More from book_guy
On a generation ship, the long journey is also an entire working world. These novels consider the people maintaining its systems, the rules handed down to their children and the arguments that...
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Science Fiction About Bodies That Can Be Changed
Science Fiction About Bodies That Can Be Changed
by book_guy  • 
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A different body can open a door, create a new dependence or become somebody else's property. These books explore all three possibilities. All Systems Red and A Closed and Common Orbit give...
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