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A quiet Los Angeles neighborhood hides a doorway to a Shakespearean realm, blending modern coming-of-age with ancient, uncanny magic. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Magic Street.
- dreamlike
- uncanny
- grounded
- mysterious
- 01
The Crystal City
Orson Scott Card
A folksy, philosophical journey through an alternate American frontier where everyday crafts hold deep, world-shaping magic.
- 02
The Gate Thief
Orson Scott Card
A modern coming-of-age tale where ancient mythology bleeds into high school hallways, anchored by the heavy burden of god-like power.
- 03
Enchantment
Doris Vallejo
A modern scholar stumbles into a dark, ancient fairy tale, colliding the anxieties of the present with the terrifying magic of Slavic myth.
- 04
Street magic
Tamora Pierce · 2001
A sun-baked, bustling fantasy about a scrappy survivor learning that true power lies in reaching back to pull someone else up.
- 05
Magic Casement
Dave Duncan
A warm, classic coming-of-age fantasy that slowly unfurls from a cozy pastoral beginning into a sweeping, world-spanning adventure.
- 06
Good guys
Steven Brust
A gritty, cynical urban fantasy where underpaid magical operatives question the morality of the secretive institution they serve.
- 07
Changeling
Roger Zelazny · 1980
A fateful collision of two realities where the ancient forces of magic and the rising power of machinery are destined to clash.
- 08
Half-resurrection blues
Daniel José Older
A shadowy, supernatural mystery that explores the eerie, liminal space between the living and the dead.
- 09
A stranger in Olondria
Sofia Samatar
A lush, dreamlike love letter to language that haunts the reader long after the final page is turned.
- 10
Earthfall
Tor Books
A claustrophobic, philosophically rich journey through space where the greatest threat isn't the cosmos, but the bitter resentments of family.
- 11
Alphabet of thorn
Patricia A. McKillip
A quiet, magical mystery about the transformative power of words and the secrets hidden within a royal library.
- 12
Mairelon the Magician
Patricia C. Wrede · 1991
A scrappy street thief's cynical world is turned upside down by the discovery of genuine magic and an unexpected apprenticeship.
