Books like The Lions of Al-Rassan
12 books with a reading profile close to The Lions of Al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay. Deep and contemplative; a moderate read.
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1
The Spear Cuts Through Water
narrative, literary
In the Strangled Empire, three oppressive princes rule through terror and magical birthrights under their father, the Old Emperor.
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2
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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3
The Water Dancer
narrative, literary
Hiram Walker is born into bondage on a Virginia plantation, the son of an enslaved woman and the white man who owns them both.
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4
Swamplandia!
narrative, literary
Set in the sinking geography of the Florida Everglades, this novel follows the Bigtree family, a clan of alligator wrestlers struggling to maintain their failing theme park.
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5
The Deep
narrative, literary
Inspired by a song by the group clipping., this novella follows the wajinru, water-breathing descendants of pregnant African women thrown overboard during the Atlantic slave trade.
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6
The Tiger's Wife
by Téa Obreht
narrative, literary
Set in a nameless Balkan country recovering from war, the narrative follows Natalia, a young doctor on a mission to deliver medicine to an orphanage.
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7
Once Upon a River
narrative, literary
On a winter night at the Swan Inn along the Thames, a wounded stranger staggers through the door carrying the lifeless body of a small girl.
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8
The Snow Child
by Eowyn Ivey
Also contemplative · narrative, literary
In 1920s Alaska, homesteaders Jack and Mabel struggle with the isolation of the frontier and the grief of their childless marriage.
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9
Tales from Earthsea
Also deep and contemplative · narrative, literary
This collection consists of five stories and a factual appendix documenting the history and mechanics of the archipelago.
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10
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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11
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
by Neil Gaiman
Also contemplative · narrative, literary
When a middle-aged man returns to his childhood home for a funeral, he wanders to the neighboring farmhouse where he met Lettie Hempstock decades earlier.
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12
Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions
by Neil Gaiman
narrative, literary
In this collection, Neil Gaiman assembles dozens of stories and poems that distort familiar reality.
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