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After

Little, Big

John Crowley1981

4 of 6 directions open — nothing denser, nothing slower

More like it

Same dreamlike register, still magical realism

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  • The Love We Share Without Knowing

    Christopher Barzak2008

    Interconnected stories follow people in Japan dealing with grief and isolation. Elements of the supernatural appear in everyday life.

    dreamlike → tender, still magical realism

    pace+1·prose-1·bleak0

To recover

dreamlike → playful

3 more ↓

  • Sundays at Tiffany's

    James Patterson2008

    A lonely woman is reunited with her childhood imaginary friend, who has returned to her life as a physical man.

    dreamlike → warm, still contemporary fantasy

    pace+2·prose-3·bleak-1

  • The time keeper

    Mitch Albom2011

    The inventor of the first clock is released from a cave to help two people in the modern world. He teaches them the value of their remaining time.

    dreamlike → earnest, still magical realism

    pace+2·prose-3·bleak-1

  • Wielding a Red Sword

    Piers Anthony1986

    An Indian prince avoids an arranged marriage by accepting the supernatural office of War. He wields a sword that draws him into a conflict in Hell.

    dreamlike → playful, still contemporary fantasy

    pace+2·prose-3·bleak-1

Faster

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  • Mind's Eye

    Douglas E. Richards2014

    A man discovers he has the ability to access the internet and process data directly with his mind. He is hunted by a secret organization.

    dreamlike → propulsive

    pace+3·prose-3·bleak0

  • The Atlantis Gene

    A.G. Riddle2013

    A geneticist and a counter-terrorism agent uncover a global conspiracy involving human evolution and an ancient Antarctic discovery.

    dreamlike → propulsive

    pace+3·prose-3·bleak0

  • Monster Hunter International

    Larry Correia2007

    An accountant kills his boss, who has become a werewolf, and is recruited by a private company that hunts monsters for government bounties.

    dreamlike → propulsive

    pace+3·prose-3·bleak0

Heavier

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  • Pet Sematary

    Stephen King1983

    A family moves to Maine and discovers a burial ground that can return the dead to life. They use it, and the consequences are absolute.

    dreamlike → tense

    pace+2·prose-2·bleak+2

  • The Poppy War

    R.F. Kuang2018

    A war orphan enters a military academy and discovers shamanic powers. She leads a unit into a total war inspired by 20th-century Chinese history.

    dreamlike → bleak

    pace+2·prose-2·bleak+2

  • The Traitor Baru Cormorant

    Seth Dickinson2015

    An accountant infiltrates the empire that conquered her home to destroy it from within. She uses economics and politics as her primary weapons.

    dreamlike → cold

    pace+2·prose-1·bleak+2