Awards search:Locus Recommended Reading

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

by Susanna Clarke
Paperback, 2009
Tags
novel, period story, fiction, fantasy, fairies, kidnapping, 1800s, Napoleonic Wars, adventuring academic, secret war, full hour format — 6 more, alternate history, The Raven King's Magical England, Faerie, illustrated fiction, Locus Award (best first novel), World Fantasy Award (novel)

Cloud Atlas

by David Mitchell
Paperback, 2012
Tags
dystopia, reincarnation, fiction, quest, science fiction, nesting narrative, novel, period story, Cloud Atlas

Coraline

by Neil Gaiman
Paperback, 2002
Tags
fiction, novel, child discovers new world, hidden world, fantasy, horror, alternate dimensions, Hugo Award (best novella), Locus Award (best young adult book), BSFA Award (best short fiction)

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

by Lewis Carroll
Hardcover, 1965
Tags
fiction, novel, children's story, poetry, fantasy, dreams, child discovers new world, Wonderland, illustrated fiction, anthropomorphic animal world
Series
Alice's Adventures (1)

Winter's Heart: Book Nine of The Wheel of Time

by Robert Jordan
Paperback, 2002
Tags
fiction, novel, fantasy, Wheel of Time, high fantasy, maps
Series
The Wheel of Time (9)

A Feast for Crows

by George R.R. Martin
Paperback, 2006
Tags
fiction, fantasy, A Song of Ice and Fire, novel, long walk, quest, political intrigue, maps
Series
A Song of Ice and Fire (4)

The Darkness That Comes Before: The Prince of Nothing, Book One

by R. Scott Bakker
Paperback, 2004
Tags
fiction, fantasy, gifts from Ørjan's family, philosophy, Prince of Nothing, The Second Apocalypse, apocalypse, prophecy, wizards, causality, war story — 7 more, fanaticism, religious conflict, political thriller, maps, Eärwa, political intrigue, novel
Series
The Prince of Nothing (1), The Second Apocalypse (1)

Deadhouse Gates (The Malazan Book of the Fallen, Book 2)

by Steven Erikson
Paperback, 2000
Tags
fiction, fantasy, The Malazan Book of the Fallen, World of Malaz, novel, maps
Series
Malazan Book of the Fallen (2), Malazan Chronology (8), World of Malazan (Book of the Fallen 2)

The Last Light of the Sun

by Guy Gavriel Kay
Paperback, 2004
Tags
fiction, fantasy, novel, gifts from Ørjan's family, war story, tragedy, alternate history, World of Sarantium, duel, Viking Age, Middle Ages — 13 more, Alfred the Great, Wales, Wessex, Faerie, the sins of the father, parenthood, childhood, coming of age, quest, religion, sibling loyalty, nation building, unlikely friends

The Knight

by Gene Wolfe
Paperback, 2004
Tags
fiction, fantasy, The Wizard Knight, epistolary, novel, secondary world fantasy, knights, Norse gods in fiction, child discovers new world, dragons
Series
The Wizard Knight (1)

The Wizard

by Gene Wolfe
Paperback, 2004
Tags
fiction, fantasy, The Wizard Knight, epistolary, novel, secondary world fantasy, knights, Norse gods in fiction, Arthurian, death, angels
Series
The Wizard Knight (2)

The Lies of Locke Lamora

by Scott Lynch
Paperback, 2007
Tags
fiction, fantasy, The Gentleman Bastard Sequence, confidence tricks, novel, bildungsroman, crime, who is fooling whom, antihero, true name, British Fantasy Award (best newcomer)
Collections
Loki's Top 13 fantasy prose works, Lucky's Favourites, Loki's Favourites, Favorites
Series
The Gentleman Bastards Sequence (1)

The Blade Itself

by Joe Abercrombie
Paperback, 2006
Tags
fiction, novel, The First Law, fantasy, barbarian warrior trope, war story
Series
The First Law (1)

Stephen King's The Dark Tower - The Gunslinger: The Little Sisters of Eluria

by Robin Furth
Paperback, 2013
Tags
fiction, Stephen King multiverse, comic adaptation, good vs. evil, fantasy, alternate dimensions, The Dark Tower, vampires, ghost town, western, comic — 2 more, graphic novel, weird west
Series
The Dark Tower Comics (gunslinger: the little sisters of eluria omnibus 1-5), The Dark Tower Graphic Novel Series (7)

American Gods

by Neil Gaiman
Paperback, 2002
Tags
fiction, fantasy, polytheism, Americana, road trip, hidden world, novel, American Gods, Norse gods in fiction, confidence tricks, Egyptian gods in fiction — 7 more, Anansi the Spider, Odin, Loki, powerful being in disguise, Locus Award (best fantasy novel), Hugo Award (best novel), Nebula Award (best novel)
Collection
Loki's Top 13 fantasy prose works
Series
American Gods (1a)

The Wise Man's Fear

by Patrick Rothfuss
Paperback, 2011
Tags
Kingkiller Chronicle, fantasy, sequel, novel, long walk, Faerie, dragonslayer, dragons, magic school, maps, gifts from Ørjan's family — 4 more, nesting narrative, bildungsroman, romance, Xanatos Gambit
Series
The Kingkiller Chronicle (2)

The Graveyard Book

by Neil Gaiman
Paperback, 2008
Tags
fiction, reimagining, novel, childhood, children's story, ghosts, vampires, werewolves, speaking with the dead, coming of age, fantasy — 7 more, illustrated fiction, gifts from Sarah, The Graveyard Book, pastiche, Locus Award (best young adult book), Locus Award (best novelette), Newbery Medal

Anansi Boys

by Neil Gaiman
Paperback, 2005
Tags
fiction, fantasy, polytheism, novel, parenthood, American Gods, Anansi the Spider, Locus Award (best fantasy novel), British Fantasy Award (best novel)
Series
American Gods (2)

The Hunger Games (Hunger Games Trilogy, Book 1)

by Suzanne Collins
Paperback, 2009
Tags
dystopia, fiction, science fiction, gladiators, martyrdom, coming of age, action, novel, Hunger Games, box set, post-apocalyptic — 8 more, first person narrative, authoritarianism, unlikely friends, romance, strong violence, fight to the death, dying for entertainment, young adult novel
Series
The Hunger Games (1)

Instructions

by Neil Gaiman
Paperback, 2013
Tags
fiction, children's story, child discovers new world, fairy tales, illustrated fiction, dragons, gifts from Ørjan's family, gifts from Ørjan's grandma, second person narrative

The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

by N. K. Jemisin
Paperback, 2010
Tags
fiction, novel, fantasy, The Inheritance Trilogy, magic bloodline, political intrigue, forbidden love, human sacrifice, slavery, apotheosis, trickster — 3 more, character split in two, immortality, Locus Award (best first novel)
Series
The Inheritance Trilogy (1)

The Amber Spyglass

by Philip Pullman
Paperback, 2007
Tags
His Dark Materials, fantasy, fiction, totemism, quest, novel, angels, prophecy, journey to the underworld, young adult novel
Collections
Lucky's Favourites, Favorites
Series
His Dark Materials (3)

Catching Fire (Hunger Games Trilogy, Book 2)

by Suzanne Collins
Paperback, 2013
Tags
dystopia, fiction, science fiction, gladiators, martyrdom, novel, Hunger Games, box set, post-apocalyptic, rebellion, revolutions — 4 more, sequel, fight to the death, dying for entertainment, young adult novel
Series
The Hunger Games (2)

Mockingjay (Hunger Games Trilogy, Book 3)

by Suzanne Collins
Paperback, 2014
Tags
dystopia, revolutions, fiction, science fiction, gladiators, rebellion, martyrdom, novel, Hunger Games, box set, post-apocalyptic — 5 more, love triangle, assassination, war story, young adult novel, Goodreads Choice Awards (best young adult)
Series
The Hunger Games (3)

Leviathan Wakes: Book 1 of The Expanse

by James S. A. Corey
Paperback, 2012
Tags
fiction, novel, The Expanse, science fiction, space opera, mystery, conspiracy thriller, noir, detective story, war story, zombies — 5 more, plague, aliens, space travel, gifts from Ørjan, gifts from Sarah
Series
The Expanse (1)

Caliban's War: Book 2 of The Expanse

by James S. A. Corey
Paperback, 2013
Tags
fiction, novel, The Expanse, science fiction, space opera, mystery, conspiracy thriller, political intrigue, war story, kidnapping, aliens — 7 more, space travel, gifts from Ørjan, gifts from Sarah, escaped experiment, unlikely friends, romance, the planet Mars
Series
The Expanse (2)

The Ring of the Nibelung

by P. Craig Russell
Hardcover, 2014
Tags
fiction, gifts from Sarah, comic adaptation, based-on-music, based-on-ancient-text, Nibelungen, polytheism, fantasy, epic, romance, quest — 13 more, mistaken identity, cursed treasure, Norse gods in fiction, merfolk, dragons, dragonslayer, dwarves, Siegfried and Brunhilda, comic, graphic novel, P. Craig Russell's adaptations, Eisner Award (best penciller/inker), Eisner Award (best limited series)
Series
P. Craig Russell Library of Opera Adaptations (4), Ring of the Nibelung (Book 1 - 4)

Babylon's Ashes: Book 6 of the Expanse

by James S. A. Corey
Paperback, 2017
Tags
fiction, novel, The Expanse, science fiction, space opera, space travel, gifts from Ørjan, gifts from Sarah, fall of a civilisation, rebellion, terrorism — 4 more, parenthood, life in the shadow of a parent, war story, Dragon Award (best science fiction novel)
Series
The Expanse (6)

After Atlas

by Emma Newman
Paperback, 2016
Tags
fiction, novel, Planetfall, science fiction, distant future, detective story, murder mystery, dystopia, slavery, mystery, first person narrative — 2 more, noir, gifts from Ørjan
Series
Planetfall (2)
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