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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)

The Lost Symbol

by Dan Brown
Paperback, 2009
Tags
Robert Langdon, religion, fiction, adventuring academic, philosophy, novel, single day narrative, apotheosis, revenge story, kidnapping, science fiction — 6 more, The Akedah Knife, Freemasons, death, human sacrifice, treasure hunt, secret societies
Series
Robert Langdon (3)

The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book the First)

by Lemony Snicket
Paperback, 2000
Tags
Snicketverse, A Series of Unfortunate Events, fiction, novel, children's story, childhood, kidnapping, narrator with personality, stronger together, orphan, black comedy — 3 more, origin, forced marriage, good guys like books
Series
A Series of Unfortunate Events (1)

Les Trois Mousquetaires

by Alexandre Dumas
Paperback, 1973
Tags
fiction, The Three Musketeers, novel, 1600s, Richelieu, political intrigue, kidnapping, quest, romance, action, France
Series
D'Artagnan Romances (1)

Peter Pan

by Sir James Matthew Barrie
Hardcover, 2015
Tags
gifts from Sarah, narrator with personality, fiction, children's story, childhood, Peter Pan, illustrated fiction, pop-up book, fairy tales, MinaLima Books, piracy — 5 more, kidnapping, fantasy, book with inserts, fairies, parenthood
Series
Peter Pan (3)

The Wide Window (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book the Third)

by Lemony Snicket
Paperback, 2001
Tags
Snicketverse, A Series of Unfortunate Events, fiction, novel, children's story, childhood, narrator with personality, stronger together, orphan, black comedy, kidnapping — 2 more, good guys like books, secret societies
Series
A Series of Unfortunate Events (3)

The Austere Academy (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book the Fifth)

by Lemony Snicket
Paperback, 2000
Tags
Snicketverse, A Series of Unfortunate Events, fiction, novel, children's story, childhood, kidnapping, narrator with personality, stronger together, orphan, black comedy — 4 more, boarding school, child labour, good guys like books, secret societies
Series
A Series of Unfortunate Events (5)

The Hostile Hospital (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book the Eight)

by Lemony Snicket
Paperback, 2002
Tags
Snicketverse, A Series of Unfortunate Events, fiction, novel, children's story, childhood, kidnapping, narrator with personality, stronger together, orphan, black comedy — 4 more, child labour, bureaucracy, good guys like books, secret societies
Series
A Series of Unfortunate Events (8)

The Ersatz Elevator (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book the Sixth)

by Lemony Snicket
Paperback, 2002
Tags
A Series of Unfortunate Events, fiction, children's story, childhood, kidnapping, narrator with personality, Snicketverse, black comedy, stronger together, orphan, good guys like books — 1 more, secret societies
Series
A Series of Unfortunate Events (6)

V for Vendetta

by Alan Moore
Paperback, 1995
Tags
fiction, dystopia, terrorism, super heroes, anarchism, fascism, V for Vendetta, conditioning, Great Britain, science fiction, authoritarianism — 5 more, kidnapping, comic, graphic novel, revenge story, one year narrative
Series
V For Vendetta (1-10)

The Carnivorous Carnival (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book the Ninth)

by Lemony Snicket
Paperback, 2003
Tags
Snicketverse, A Series of Unfortunate Events, fiction, novel, children's story, childhood, narrator with personality, stronger together, orphan, black comedy, circus — 7 more, nonconformism, kidnapping, mystery, identity, good guys like books, the old several small folks in a trenchcoat ruse, secret societies
Series
A Series of Unfortunate Events (9)

The Slippery Slope (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book the Tenth)

by Lemony Snicket
Paperback, 2004
Tags
Snicketverse, A Series of Unfortunate Events, fiction, novel, children's story, childhood, narrator with personality, stronger together, orphan, black comedy, kidnapping — 5 more, secret war, mystery, The Boy Scout, good guys like books, secret societies
Series
A Series of Unfortunate Events (10)

The Vile Village (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book the Seventh)

by Lemony Snicket
Paperback, 2001
Tags
A Series of Unfortunate Events, orphan, fiction, children's story, childhood, narrator with personality, kidnapping, Snicketverse, novel, stronger together, black comedy — 6 more, child labour, bureaucracy, creepy town trope, good guys like books, secret societies, deus ex machina
Series
A Series of Unfortunate Events (7)

Stone of Tears

by Terry Goodkind
Paperback, 1996
Tags
fiction, fantasy, Sword of Truth, long walk, kidnapping, quest, wizards, sequel, maps
Series
Sword of Truth: Chronological Order (3), Sword of Truth: Publication Order (2)

Uprooted

by Naomi Novik
Paperback, 2016
Tags
fiction, novel, fantasy, kidnapping, coming of age, trapped evil, first person narrative, good vs. evil, political intrigue, romance, Baba Yaga — 6 more, captive in the tower, possession, gifts from Erlend, high fantasy, evil forest trope, British Fantasy Award (best novel)

Sagaen om riftkrigen: Sølvtorn [Silverthorn]

by Raymond E. Feist
Hardcover, 1998
Tags
fiction, novel, fantasy, Midkemia, Riftwar Saga, good vs. evil, epic, war story, kidnapping, high fantasy, maps
Series
The Riftwar Cycle, Alternative Reading Order (Riftwar Saga, Book 2), The Riftwar Cycle, Chronological Order ((Riftwar Saga 2): 6), The Riftwar Cycle, Publication Order (2), The Riftwar Cycle, Publication Order (The Riftwar Saga, 2), The Riftwar Saga (2)

Silverthorn

by Raymond E. Feist
Paperback, 1985
Tags
fiction, novel, fantasy, Midkemia, Riftwar Saga, good vs. evil, epic, war story, kidnapping, high fantasy, maps
Series
The Riftwar Cycle, Alternative Reading Order (Riftwar Saga, Book 2), The Riftwar Cycle, Chronological Order ((Riftwar Saga 2): 6), The Riftwar Cycle, Publication Order (2), The Riftwar Cycle, Publication Order (The Riftwar Saga, 2), The Riftwar Saga (2)

The Castle of Llyr – The Chronicles of Prydain, Book 3

by Lloyd Alexander
Paperback, 2006
Tags
fantasy, fiction, novel, high fantasy, quest, coming of age, Chronicles of Prydain, children's story, mind control, memory loss, giants — 4 more, last of their line, magic bloodline, kidnapping, love triangle
Series
The Chronicles of Prydain (3)

Neverwhere: The Illustrated Edition (The Author's Preferred Text + How the Marquis Got His Coat Back)

by Neil Gaiman
Paperback, 2017
Tags
fiction, novel, Neverwhere, hidden world, fantasy, angels, quest, kidnapping, homeless, romance, novelization — 3 more, extended cut, urban fantasy, illustrated fiction
Series
London Below (1)

Castle in the Air

by Diana Wynne Jones
Paperback, 2001
Tags
fiction, novel, fairy tales, secondary world fantasy, fantasy, cursed to live as an animal, Howl trilogy, illustrated fiction, romance, coming of age, gifts from Sarah — 10 more, flying carpets, djinn, careful what you wish for, sequel, kidnapping, long walk, quest, wizards, Howl, young adult novel
Series
Howl's Castle (2)

The Alloy of Law: A Mistborn Novel

by Brandon Sanderson
Paperback, 2012
Tags
fiction, novel, fantasy, Mistborn, The Cosmere, Wax & Wayne, western, just when I thought I was out they pull me back in, fish out of water, gunslinger trope, kidnapping — 7 more, grief, buddy cop comedy, action, frenemies, gifts from Ørjan's family, maps, butler
Series
Cosmere (7), Mistborn (4), Wax and Wayne (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)

Nemesis Games: Book 5 of the Expanse

by James S. A. Corey
Paperback, 2016
Tags
fiction, novel, The Expanse, science fiction, space opera, aliens, space travel, gifts from Ørjan, gifts from Sarah, domestic abuse, strong violence — 11 more, fall of a civilisation, rebellion, terrorism, parenthood, life in the shadow of a parent, haunted by their past, apocalypse, kidnapping, conspiracy thriller, mystery, the planet Mars
Series
The Expanse (5)

Star Wars: I, Jedi

by Michael A. Stackpole
Paperback, 1998
Tags
fiction, novel, science fiction, Star Wars, Star Wars novel, Star Wars: Expanded Universe, kidnapping, quest, fantasy, first person narrative, undercover
Series
Moi, Jedi (1-2), Star Wars Legends/ EU (non-canon) (11 ABY), Star Wars Novels (11 ABY), Star Wars Universe (11 ABY)

Finding Nemo

by Andrew Stanton Director
DVD, 2003
Tags
animation, fiction, movie, Pixar, Pixar Animation Studios Feature, underwater adventure, kidnapping, quest, long walk, parenthood, comedy — 6 more, memory loss, Pixar's Nemo, animal stories, Academy Award (best animated feature), Saturn Award (best animated film), overprotective parent
Series
Finding Nemo (Disney•Pixar) (1)

Asterix i keiserens klær [Astérix legionnaire]

by René Goscinny
Paperback, 1995
Tags
fiction, comic, graphic novel, Asterix, humour, action comedy, fantasy, period story, military service, Ancient Rome, kidnapping — 2 more, undercover, Franco-Belgian comics
Series
Asterix (10)

Beauty and the Beast

by Gary Trousdale Director
Blu-ray, 1991
Tags
fiction, movie, animation, fairy tales, Beauty and the Beast, cursed to live as an animal, part beast part human, princess movie, eccentric inventor trope, romance, fantasy — 17 more, kidnapping, based-on-books, Disney, Disney Classic, musical, Disney Renaissance, the sane one in the insane asylum, true love's kiss, good guys like books, period story, Disney Classics Complete 55 Movie 1937–2018 box set, box set, powerful being in disguise, Academy Award (best original score), Golden Globe (best original score), Golden Globe (best musical or comedy), Academy Award (best original song)
Series
Beauty and the Beast (Disney) (1)

Beauty And The Beast (Extended Edition)

by Gary Trousdale Director
Blu-ray, 1991
Tags
fiction, movie, animation, fairy tales, Beauty and the Beast, cursed to live as an animal, part beast part human, princess movie, eccentric inventor trope, romance, fantasy — 18 more, kidnapping, based-on-books, Disney, Disney Classic, musical, Disney Renaissance, extended cut, the sane one in the insane asylum, true love's kiss, good guys like books, period story, Disney Classics Complete 55 Movie 1937–2018 box set, box set, powerful being in disguise, Academy Award (best original score), Golden Globe (best original score), Golden Globe (best musical or comedy), Academy Award (best original song)
Collection
Favorites
Series
Beauty and the Beast (Disney) (1)

Monsters, Inc.

by Pete Docter Director
DVD, 2001
Tags
fiction, Pixar Animation Studios Feature, Pixar, movie, animation, Monsters Inc., kidnapping, science fiction, unlikely friends, adopted by the wrong species, comedy — 3 more, Yeti, office story, Academy Award (best original song)
Series
Monsters, Inc. (Disney•Pixar) (1)

Sin City Volume 4: That Yellow Bastard

by Frank Miller
Paperback, 2010
Tags
Sin City, fiction, crime, pulp fiction, strong violence, dystopia, kidnapping, noir, black and white comic, comic, graphic novel — 1 more, Eisner Award (best graphic album)
Series
Sin City (Vol. 4), Sin City: That Yellow Bastard (1-6)

Eternals

by Neil Gaiman
Paperback, 2018
Tags
fiction, Marvel Universe, comic, reimagining, graphic novel, super heroes, Neil Gaiman, Jack Kirby, immortality, Eternals (Marvel), The Celestials — 26 more, Iron Man, Watchers (Marvel), aliens, Deviants (Marvel), Thena, Zuras, Makkari, Ikaris, Galactus, Sersi, memory loss, identity, Hank Pym, Janet van Dyne, Marvel's Civil War, Druig, Ajak, Sprite (Marvel), Grace Darling, grownup in child's body, sleeping god, action, gifts from Ørjan, secret war, coup d'état, kidnapping
Series
Eternals (Prelude), Eternals, Vol. 3 (1-7)

Asterix: Obelix på galeien [La galère d'Obélix]

by Albert Uderzo
Paperback, 1996
Tags
fiction, comic, graphic novel, Asterix, action comedy, humour, fantasy, period story, Franco-Belgian comics, sea voyage, kidnapping — 1 more, grownup in child's body
Series
Asterix (30), Asterix in talen en dialecten (30)

Toy Story

by John Lasseter Director
DVD, 1995
Tags
fiction, movie, Pixar, animation, Pixar Animation Studios Feature, Toy Story, hidden world, childhood, toys, kidnapping, identity — 3 more, comedy, gifts from Ørjan, Academy Award (honorary / special achievement)
Collections
Loki's Top 12 animated films, Favorites
Series
Toy Story (Disney•Pixar) (1)

All the Wrong Questions Book 2: "When Did You See Her Last?"

by Lemony Snicket
Hardcover, 2013
Tags
All the Wrong Questions, fiction, Snicketverse, novel, noir, kidnapping, mystery, illustrated fiction, detective story, crime, good guys like books — 1 more, secret societies
Series
All The Wrong Questions (book 2)

Batman: Hush #1–5 (Gigant 9/03)

by Jeph Loeb
Paperback, 2003
Tags
fiction, comic, graphic novel, Batman, DCU, super heroes, vigilantism, mystery, Gigant, Thomas Elliot (DC), Superman — 22 more, Catwoman, Huntress (DC), Barbara Gordon, Poison Ivy, Killer Croc, Talia al Ghul, Amanda Waller, Alfred Pennyworth, action, kidnapping, mind control, romance, Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen, Perry White, Shondra Kinsolving (DC), Martha Wayne, Thomas Wayne, Alan Scott (DC), Joar Mahkent (Icicle (DC)), Krypto (DC), Bruce Wayne (DC)
Series
Batman, Batman Vol. 1 (1940-2011) (collections) (608-612), Batman: Hush (1)

Toy Story 2

by John Lasseter Director
DVD, 1999
Tags
fiction, movie, Pixar, animation, Pixar Animation Studios Feature, Toy Story, hidden world, childhood, toys, kidnapping, sequel — 4 more, gifts from Ørjan, the old several small folks in a trenchcoat ruse, Golden Globe (best musical or comedy), Satellite Award (best animated or mixed media film)
Series
Toy Story (Disney•Pixar) (2)

Water Sleeps; Eighth Chronicle of the Black Company; Third Book of Glittering Stone

by Glen Cook
Paperback, 1999
Tags
fiction, novel, The Black Company, fantasy, wizards, first person narrative, written by a fictional character, Chronicles of The Black Company, Glittering Stone, sword and sorcery, astral projection — 13 more, long walk, quest, dreams, trans protagonist, immortality, crisis of faith, demons, sleeping god, enchanted sleep, rebellion, terrorism, kidnapping, revenge story
Series
Chronicles of the Black Company (8), Glittering Stone (3)

V for Vendetta

by James McTeigue Director
DVD, 2008
Tags
fiction, movie, V for Vendetta, kidnapping, authoritarianism, based-on-comics, terrorism, conditioning, Great Britain, dystopia, science fiction — 14 more, fascism, rebellion, resistance movement, thriller, political thriller, super heroes, live action super hero film, made without creator involvement, persecution, religious freedom, homosexuality, one year narrative, revenge story, Prometheus Award
Collections
Loki's Top 20 films of all time, Loki's Top 13 superhero films, Lucky's Favourites, Favorites

Spirited Away [Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi]

by Hayao Miyazaki Director
DVD, 2015
Tags
fiction, Studio Ghibli, oversized box, movie, animation, anime, gifts from Sarah, gifts from Ørjan's family, Sarah designed box set, box set, The Hayao Miyazaki Collection — 8 more, fantasy, kidnapping, hidden world, witchcraft, fairy tales, Academy Award (best animated feature), Saturn Award (best animated film), Satellite Award (best animated or mixed media film)

The Aristocats

by Wolfgang Reitherman Director
Blu-ray, 1970
Tags
fiction, animation, Disney, animal stories, France, kidnapping, butler, musical, romance, long walk, period story — 4 more, pre-war 1900s, Disney Classic, Disney Classics Complete 55 Movie 1937–2018 box set, box set
Series
The Aristocats (Disney) (1)

101 Dalmatians

by Wolfgang Reitherman Director
Blu-ray, January 25, 1961
Tags
fiction, animation, Disney, movie, Disney Classic, box set, Disney Classics Complete 55 Movie 1937–2018 box set, animal stories, kidnapping, based-on-books
Series
101 Dalmatians (Disney) (1)

Pinocchio

by Ben Sharpsteen Director
Blu-ray, 1940
Tags
fiction, movie, based-on-books, Pinocchio, fantasy, coming of age, outsider in the real world, kidnapping, cursed to live as an animal, Disney, Disney Classic — 11 more, Disney Classics Complete 55 Movie 1937–2018 box set, box set, fairies, fairy tales, nostos, animation, Academy Award (best original score), Hugo Award (best dramatic presentation), Academy Award (best original song), storybook opening, pulling a Jonah
Series
Pinocchio (Disney) (1)

Troy (Director's Cut)

by Wolfgang Petersen Director
DVD, 2013
Tags
fiction, movie, Troy, war story, warfare, period story, action, romance, kidnapping, extended cut, Homer — 5 more, based-on-books, based-on-ancient-text, epic, Ancient Greece, Odysseus

Hook

by Steven Spielberg Director
DVD, 1999
Tags
fiction, movie, fantasy, Peter Pan, fairies, haunted by their past, kidnapping, parenthood, piracy, sequel to a classic story, action — 2 more, the old several small folks in a trenchcoat ruse, Christmas fiction

Batman: Haunted Knight

by Jeph Loeb
Paperback, 1996
Tags
fiction, DCU, super heroes, Batman, comic, graphic novel, comic anthology, Legends of the Dark Knight, Halloween story, The Scarecrow, Jarvis Tetch (Mad Hatter) — 18 more, James Gordon, Barbara Gordon, Barbara Eileen Kean Gordon (Barbara Sr.), James Gordon Jr., kidnapping, Martha Wayne, Thomas Wayne, Alfred Pennyworth, Leslie Thompkins (DC), noir, Lucius Fox (DC), The Joker, Poison Ivy, hallucination, The Penguin, A Christmas Carol, Batman pre-Robin era, Bruce Wayne (DC)
Series
Batman, Loeb/Sale Batman saga (2)

Fargo

by Joel Coen Director
DVD, 2008
Tags
fiction, movie, crime, crime drama, black comedy, kidnapping, morality, police story, Coen Brothers, Academy Award (best original screenplay), Saturn Award (best action/adventure/thriller film) — 2 more, Satellite Award (best drama), Fargo

Animorphs #31: Sammensvergelsen

by Laura Battyanyi-Weiss
Paperback, 2001
Tags
novel, fiction, science fiction, childhood, alien invasion, aliens, shapeshifter, Animorphs, first person narrative, action, secret war — 2 more, kidnapping, mind control
Series
Animorphs (31)

Beauty and the Beast

by Bill Condon Director
DVD, 2017
Tags
fiction, movie, Disney, Disney Live Action Remake, Beauty and the Beast, fairy tales, fantasy, romance, kidnapping, France, musical — 8 more, remake, period story, good guys like books, cursed to live as an animal, witchcraft, true love, sick parent, powerful being in disguise
Series
Beauty and the Beast (Disney) (4)

Kingsman: The Secret Service

by Matthew Vaughn Director
DVD, 2015
Tags
fiction, movie, based-on-comics, action, spy thriller, super spy trope, conspiracy thriller, kidnapping, Kingsman, strong violence, gifts from Ørjan — 3 more, origin, overpopulation, secret agent
Series
Kingsman (Movie 1)

Taken (Extended Harder Cut)

by Pierre Morel Director
DVD, 2008
Tags
fiction, movie, kidnapping, action, thriller, strong violence, parenthood, extended cut, Taken, just when I thought I was out they pull me back in, ticking clock — 1 more, slavery
Series
Taken Films (1)
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