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A dark, rule-bound fairy tale about the exact price of growing up and the tragic weight of our choices. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with In an Absent Dream.
- autumnal
- eerie
- tragic
- nostalgic
- 01
Every Heart a Doorway
Seanan McGuire
A dark, wistful love letter to the children who fell through the cracks of reality and the worlds that ruined them for the ordinary.
- 02
Beneath the Sugar Sky
Seanan McGuire
A delightfully surreal, candy-coated quest that hides sharp teeth and a deeply empathetic heart.
- 03
Chimera
Mira Grant
A tense, apocalyptic fight for survival where the greatest threat might be the engineered nature within.
- 04
The Ten Thousand Doors of January
Alix E. Harrow
A lush, defiant love letter to the magic of storytelling and the hidden thresholds that lead us to where we belong.
- 05
Lud-in-the-mist
Hope Mirrlees
A beautifully melancholic fairy tale about the quiet terror and absolute necessity of letting a little wildness into a perfectly ordered life.
- 06
Un Lun Dun
Mieville, China · 2007
A delightfully weird, trope-smashing portal fantasy where the sidekick takes charge in a wonderland of discarded junk.
- 07
A stranger in Olondria
Sofia Samatar
A lush, dreamlike love letter to language that haunts the reader long after the final page is turned.
- 08
Unbirthday
Liz Braswell
A nostalgic yet eerie return to a childhood wonderland that has grown just as dark and complicated as adulthood.
- 09
Among Others
Jo Walton
A quiet, fiercely intelligent love letter to the science fiction and fantasy books that save us when the real world becomes unbearable.
- 10
Strange the Dreamer
Laini Taylor
A lush, dreamlike plunge into a mythic city where gods, ghosts, and star-crossed lovers collide.
- 11
The Door in the Hedge
Robin McKinley
A lush, dreamlike crossing into a realm where magic is both beautiful and perilous, told with the cadence of a forgotten lullaby.
- 12
Alphabet of thorn
Patricia A. McKillip
A quiet, magical mystery about the transformative power of words and the secrets hidden within a royal library.
