Books like The Neverending Story
12 books with a reading profile close to The Neverending Story by Michael Ende. Contemplative; an easy read.
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1
Kaikeyi
narrative, literary
Kaikeyi, the queen who in the Ramayana demands that Rama be exiled and her son Bharata be crowned, is usually remembered as a villain.
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2
Lost Horizon
by James Hilton
Also contemplative · narrative, literary
During the chaos of a 1930s rebellion in British India, veteran diplomat Hugh Conway and three companions are kidnapped when their plane is diverted deep into the Kunlun Mountains of Tibet.
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3
The Children of Húrin
narrative, literary
Set during the Elder Days of Middle-earth, this tragedy chronicles the life of Túrin Turambar, son of Húrin.
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4
Ariadne
narrative, literary
Ariadne, Princess of Crete, grows up in a palace defined by the heavy breathing of the Minotaur, her brother imprisoned within the Labyrinth.
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5
A Wizard of Earthsea
narrative, literary
Ged, a talented but arrogant youth known as Sparrowhawk, begins his education in the high arts of magic at the school on Roke Island.
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6
Watership Down
Also contemplative · narrative, literary
Hazel leads a small group of rabbits away from their home burrow after his brother Fiver experiences a psychic premonition of its total destruction.
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7
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
narrative, literary
Alice follows a young girl who falls through a rabbit hole into a subterranean realm governed by nonsense and wordplay.
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8
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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9
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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10
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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11
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
narrative, literary
In this adaptation, Benjamin Button is born with the physical appearance and ailments of a seventy-year-old man, forcing his father to navigate social embarrassment in nineteenth-century Baltimore.
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12
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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