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An electric, bohemian anthology where gritty street life collides with wild elfin magic. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Welcome to Bordertown.
- gritty
- magical
- bohemian
- electric
- 01
Waifs and strays
Charles de Lint · 2002
A heartfelt collection of magical coming-of-age tales that reveals the ancient wonder hidden just beneath the surface of everyday life.
- 02
Pretty Monsters
Kelly Link
A funny, surreal, and imaginative collection where the ordinary world hides bizarre, unsettling, and wondrous secrets.
- 03
Zombies vs. Unicorns
Holly Black
A delightfully chaotic, tongue-in-cheek battle of tropes that pits the sparkly against the rotting.
- 04
Swordspoint
Ellen Kushner · 1986
A velvet-draped, blood-spattered dance of deadly politics and messy, fiercely devoted romance.
- 05
The Sandman - Book of Dreams
Neil Gaiman · 1996
A shadowy, hallucinatory descent into the realm of human consciousness and myth.
- 06
Tithe
Holly Black
A grungy, intoxicating plunge into a hidden world where magic is sharp, dangerous, and smells like rust and stale beer.
- 07
The Weird
Ann VanderMeer and Jeff VanderMeer
A massive, labyrinthine cabinet of curiosities that will permanently tilt your perception of reality.
- 08
Get in Trouble
Kelly Link
A darkly playful plunge into a world where suburban anxieties and teenage sleepovers collide with ghosts, superheroes, and the uncanny.
- 09
Beneath the Sugar Sky
Seanan McGuire
A delightfully surreal, candy-coated quest that hides sharp teeth and a deeply empathetic heart.
- 10
Dreams Underfoot
Charles de Lint · 1993
A lyrical wander through city streets where ancient myths and modern margins collide.
- 11
Stories
Neil Gaiman and Al Sarrantonio
A genre-defying collection of imaginative tales that uses flashes of magic to reveal the unsettling truths hidden in the everyday.
- 12
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.
