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- The Best Historical Fantasy BooksReading list
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell is a historical fantasy novel that tells the story of two magicians in early nineteenth-century England. The novel is praised for its inventive use of historical detail and its imaginative flights into alternate realities. It has been described as “a work of great intelligence and heart”…
- Jeremy KaplowitzInterview
Fake answer: Wolf in White Van by John Darnielle so I could trick them into a conversation about how friggin cool the Mountain Goats are. Real answer: Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke because that book is really interesting and funny and makes me feel smart for liking it.
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Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace; Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke; A Confederacy Of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole; The Ask by Sam Lipsyte; The Unequalled Self by Claire Tomalin; Great Expectations by Charles Dickens; Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut.
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