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Jennifer Saint · 2023

What it is: Prose worth underlining · a world to get lost in
Genre: Fantasy Historical fiction Classics
Feels: Lyrical Defiant Epic Tender Atmospheric

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The Name of the Wind

Patrick Rothfuss · 2007

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The Left Hand of Darkness

Ursula K. Le Guin · 1969

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Somewhere to move into for a while

Science fiction Classics Tender Atmospheric Contemplative

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Cold Mountain

Charles Frazier · 1997

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You won't want to come back · tender until it hurts

Historical fiction Romance Tender Atmospheric Melancholic Bittersweet

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Doomsday book

Connie Willis · 1992

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Somewhere to move into for a while · it leaves you thinking

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Howl's Moving Castle

Diana Wynne Jones · 1986

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The same defiant and tender , turned more whimsical and romantic

Fantasy Tender Defiant Whimsical Romantic

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A Court of Thorns and Roses

Sarah J. Maas · 2024

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A world to get lost in

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