Books like The Sandman, Vol. 4: Season of Mists
12 books with a reading profile close to The Sandman, Vol. 4: Season of Mists by Neil Gaiman. Deep; a moderate read.
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The Sandman, Vol. 8: Worlds' End
by Neil Gaiman
Also deep · narrative, literary
Trapped by a reality storm that halts travel across dimensions, a diverse group of wayfarers seeks refuge at the Inn at Worlds' End.
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The Sandman, Vol. 7: Brief Lives
by Neil Gaiman
Also deep · narrative, literary
Delirium, the youngest of the Endless, convinces her brother Dream to help find their missing sibling, Destruction, who abandoned his realm three centuries ago to pursue mortality.
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3
The City and Its Uncertain Walls
by Haruki Murakami, Philip Gabriel
Also deep · narrative, literary
A lonely cartographer finds himself drawn to a mysterious walled city, a place that seems to exist in a liminal space between reality and dream.
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4
The Starless Sea
narrative, literary
Zachary Ezra Rawlins is a graduate student who discovers a strange library book containing a detailed account of his own childhood.
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5
Dance Dance Dance
Also deep · narrative, literary
The narrator, a freelance writer in his mid-thirties, is haunted by a dream about the Dolphin Hotel in Sapporo, where he stayed years ago with a woman who later vanished.
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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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7
Open Throat
by Henry Hoke
narrative, literary
An unnamed mountain lion lives in the brush beneath the Hollywood sign, observing the human hikers and homeless residents of Los Angeles.
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8
A Children's Bible
by Lydia Millet
narrative, literary
In a massive lakeside estate, a group of cynical children and teenagers endure a summer vacation while their parents remain in a stupor of alcohol and neglect.
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Asymmetry
Also deep · narrative, literary
Lisa Halliday's debut novel is in two parts that seem unrelated.
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10
Cloud Cuckoo Land
Also deep · narrative, literary
The novel traces the survival of a fictional ancient Greek manuscript through the experiences of five characters separated by centuries.
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Perfection
narrative, literary
Anna and Tom are a professional creative couple who migrate from southern Europe to Berlin, seeking an aesthetic and social utopia.
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12
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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