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Fantasy Novellas With Big Ideas in Small Spaces

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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  • 
4 in common: Witches Of Lychford, The dream-quest of Vellitt Boe and 2 more
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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Historical Fantasy Where the Past Shapes the Magic
Historical Fantasy Where the Past Shapes the Magic
by book_guy  • 
2 in common: Ring Shout and The Ballad of Black Tom
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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Asian-Inspired Fantasy With More Than a Decorative Setting
Asian-Inspired Fantasy With More Than a Decorative Setting
by book_guy  • 
2 in common: The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water and The empress of salt and fortune
A convincing fantasy world gives people more than striking scenery to move through. These 25 books make family obligations, religious ideas, political institutions, everyday practices or the...
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Fantasy With Queer Joy and Room for Adventure
Fantasy With Queer Joy and Room for Adventure
by book_guy  • 
In common: Silver in the Wood
Queer joy can look like opening a café together, discovering a first crush, taking a dragon-sized risk or finally finding people worth going on the road with. These twenty-five fantasies give...
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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 devil you know
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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Retellings That Give Familiar Stories a New Argument
Retellings That Give Familiar Stories a New Argument
by book_guy  • 
In common: The Ballad of Black Tom
A retelling becomes interesting when changing the viewpoint changes what a familiar story means. These books dispute heroic reputations, follow people treated as prizes or obstacles, and give...
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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  • 
In common: The Ballad of Black Tom
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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Political Fantasy Where Decisions Have Lasting Consequences
Political Fantasy Where Decisions Have Lasting Consequences
by book_guy  • 
In common: The empress of salt and fortune
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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Heist Novels Where the Plan Is Half the Pleasure
Heist Novels Where the Plan Is Half the Pleasure
by book_guy  • 
More from book_guy
The pleasure starts with assigning the parts: who can gain access, keep time, distract the right person or move something that should be impossible to move? These novels give planning and...
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Locked-Room Mysteries With Solutions Worth the Setup
Locked-Room Mysteries With Solutions Worth the Setup
by book_guy  • 
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A locked door is only the start: the pleasure comes when the explanation makes the room, the witnesses and the awkward physical details add up. These 25 selections put impossible crimes at the...
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Psychological Thrillers With Characters Worth Unpicking
Psychological Thrillers With Characters Worth Unpicking
by book_guy  • 
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The question that lasts is often why a person finds an action reasonable. These novels give envy, shame, dependence, ambition and protective love room to work on a life before and after a crime...
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