Books like Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
12 books with a reading profile close to Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke. Deep; a moderate read.
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1
The God is Not Willing
dense, narrative
Set ten years after the Malazan Book of the Fallen, this novel follows a company of Malazan Marines stationed in the silver-mining region of Northern Genabackis.
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2
Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table
Also deep · dense, literary
Thomas Malory compiled and reimagined disparate French and English sources to create this definitive narrative of the Arthurian cycle.
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3
Tigana
narrative, literary
Set in a Mediterranean-inspired peninsula called the Palm, the narrative centers on a group of rebels attempting to overthrow two rival sorcerer-kings, Brandin of Ygrath and Alberico of Barbentain.
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4
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
by Gawain Poet
Also deep · dense, literary
At Camelot's New Year feast, a huge green knight rides in and offers a challenge: anyone may strike him with an axe, if he can return the blow in a year and a day.
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5
The Lions of Al-Rassan
Also deep · narrative, literary
Set in a reimagined medieval Spain, the story traces the collision of three rival cultures: the Asharites, the Jaddites, and the Kindath.
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6
Great Circle
Also deep · dense, narrative
Marian Graves is a prohibited female aviator who disappears in 1950 while attempting a north-south circumnavigation of the globe.
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7
Deadhouse Gates (The Malazan Book of the Fallen, Book 2)
dense, narrative
In the Seven Cities subcontinent, a prophetic wildfire known as the Dryjhna Whirlwind ignites a continent-wide rebellion against Malazan imperial rule.
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8
Babel
by R.F. Kuang
Also deep · dense, literary
Set in 1830s Oxford, the story follows Robin Swift, a Cantonese orphan trained to work within Babel, the university’s prestigious Institute of Translation.
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9
The Silmarillion
Also deep · dense, literary
The Silmarillion chronicles the history of Middle-earth from its creation through a divine song to the end of the Third Age.
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10
Who Fears Death
narrative, literary
In a post-apocalyptic Sudan, the light-skinned Nuru people systematically oppress the dark-skinned Okeke.
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11
Vanity Fair
by William Makepeace Thackeray
Also deep · dense, narrative
Set during the Napoleonic Wars, the narrative follows Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley as they navigate British high society.
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12
The Sandman, Vol. 5: A Game of You
by Neil Gaiman
narrative, literary
Barbie, a young woman living in a New York apartment building, returns to the secondary reality of the Land, a dreamscape she inhabited during her childhood.
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