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Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

by Susanna Clarke

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Moloka’i

by Alan Brennert

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The Martian

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Conversion

by Katherine Howe

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Darling Rose Gold

by Stephanie Wrobel

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Contemporary fiction, Psychological thriller

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A taste of their own medicine, Betrayal, Evil matriarch, I'm the real victim here, Loosely based on a true story, Manipulative bastard, Unreliable narrator

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Character(s) with depression, Character(s) with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Characters aged over 50, Characters in their 20s

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Information Age

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Black Rabbit Hall

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When We Were Vikings

by Andrew David MacDonald

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The Island of Sea Women

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Harrow the Ninth

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The Locked Tomb

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Science fiction, Science fiction and fantasy, Sword and sorcery

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Amnesia, Dysfunctional family, Everyone is gay, Found family, God is just a person, Men loving men, Tragic backstory, Unreliable narrator, Women loving women

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Bisexual side character(s), Lesbian main character(s), Necromancer

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Long-Term Future

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Outer space, Space ship

Gideon the Ninth

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The Locked Tomb

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Occult mystery, Science fiction, Speculative fiction, Sword and sorcery

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Anyone can die, Dysfunctional family, Everyone is gay, Tragic backstory, Unreliable narrator, Women loving women

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Characters in their late teens, Cisgender woman main character(s), Lesbian main character(s), Loner, Necromancer, Orphan, Queer side character(s), Warrior

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Long-Term Future

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Castle, Fictional planet, Outer space

Uzumaki

by Junji Ito, Yuji Oniki

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The Devil Aspect

by Craig Russell

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The Priory of the Orange Tree

by Samantha Shannon

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Any Way the Wind Blows

Wayward Son

by Jim Tierney, Rainbow Rowell

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Malice

by Heather Walter

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This Is How You Lose the Time War

by Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone

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Gyo: The Death-Stench Creeps

by Junji Ito, Yuji Oniki

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Cosmic horror, Creature horror, Horror Graphic Novel, Science fiction horror

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Anyone can die, Apocalypse, Last man standing, Science caused the apocalypse, Science goes wrong, Stranger than fiction, Survivor by coincidence

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Characters in their 20s, East Asian main character(s), Heterosexual main character, Japanese main character

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Information Age

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Beach, City, Japan

The City We Became

by N.K. Jemisin

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She Who Became the Sun

by Shelley Parker-Chan

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