Books like 1990: Madouc
30 fantasy books to read after 1990: Madouc, by Vance, Jack, the closest match first.
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1. 2015: The Bone Clocks
by Mitchell, David
- On the same lists
The story starts in 1984, introducing us to a 15-year-old girl from England named Holly. The book shares the significant moments in Holly's life as she intersects with various characters,...
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2. 2009: The Shadow Year
by Ford, Jeffrey
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The story of the narrator's sixth-grade year in the New York suburbs in the 1960's. In addition to dealing with issues with school, bullies, and his alcoholic mother, he and...
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3. 2009: Tender Morsels
by Lanagan, Margo
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Molested by her father, gang raped by her peers, Liga wishes for death but instead find herself delivered to a magical haven, safe from all sexual violence. But as she...
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4. 2001: Declare
by Powers, Tim
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A British spy novel influenced by Le Carre and Lovecraft--secret history and the supernatural.
Set in World War II and during the 1960's during the height of the Cold War, the story takes place in Europe and the Middle East. While Declare is at...
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5. 2000: Thraxas
by Scott, Martin
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Thraxas is a private investigator who is scratching out a career as a private investigator. Living in a poorer section of town, he has a barbarian landlord and an attractive...
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6. 1999: The Antelope Wife
by Erdrich, Louise
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The Antelope Wife guides its readers through the interconnecting stories of two closely related Ojibwa families. Urban Indians of mixed blood, the story trails them through a set of disastrous...
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7. 1997: Godmother Night
by Pollack, Rachel
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Set in an alternate fantasy world sprawled across the back of a giant turtle, this fantasy novel is broken into distinct episodes, focussed on death, identity and most of all...
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8. 1996: The Prestige
by Priest, Christopher
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The story is about two rival magicians, told in 2 parts. The first part is narrated by the Alfred Borden, who tells his version of this particular rivalry and what...
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9. 1995: Towing Jehovah
by Morrow, James
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Anthony Van Horne is visited by an angel and is informed that God is dead. His corpse is miles long and floating in the ocean. Anthony needs to command an...
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10. 1994: Glimpses
by Shiner, Lewis
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Ray Shackleford is a middle-aged electronics technician who realizes that life is not what he always imagined it would be. His father died, and things between his wife are strained....
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11. 1993: Last Call
by Powers, Tim
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As a young man, Scott played in a very mysterious game of poker involving some dark and mysterious players and a very unusual deck of tarot cards. Now, 20 years...
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12. 1991: Only Begotten Daughter
by Morrow, James
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Murray Katz, is a single Jewish guy who experiences an immaculate conception. The scientific reason is clear - one of his donated sperm suddenly fertilize and eventually gives birth to...
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13. 1989: Koko
by Straub, Peter
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Koko follows a group of four Vietnam vets who get wind of a series of murders in the Far East – each one signed "Koko". They are sure that this...
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14. 1987: Perfume
by Suskind, Patrick
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A man born without a scent and with a perfect sense of smell turns to murder, a dark novel of obsession in 18th-century France.
Grenouille, is a simple man who is born with an acute sense of smell. This knowledge is much more advanced than all his other senses combined. Grenouille's life is a...
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15. 1986: Song Of Kali
by Simmons, Dan
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Robert is a writer who is finally given his first big break. He must go to Calcutta and bring back the latest poem by the famous M.Das. Except this poet...
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16. 1985: Mythago Wood
by Holdstock, Robert
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The Mythago Wood series explores a magical wood that has produced every mythical and legendary character that ever existed in any culture. The wood is a place where space and...
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17. 1984: Dragon Waiting
by Ford, John M.
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The novel follows the escapades of four diverse characters – an exiled Prince, an exiled emperor, an Italian doctor and a German vampire -- in a very alternate fifteenth century...
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18. 1980: Watchtower
by Lynn, Elizabeth A
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In a world of warriors and lovers, war and honor, the legendary Tornor Keep is the tower that guards the winter end of the summer realm of Arun. But when...
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19. 1979: Gloriana
by Moorcock, Michael
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Queen Gloriana is the absolute ruler of the paramount empire in the history of the world, Albion. With her in charge, the vast kingdom has thrived as peace has led...
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20. 1977: Doctor Rat
by Kotzwinkle, William
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The Animals have had enough. For years, they have been used in experiments by human scientists. The time for revolution is now! Every single animal has joined this revolution except...
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21. 1976: Bid Time Return
by Matheson, Richard
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Set in 1971, a young Richard Collier is sick with a brain tumor and decides to flip a coin to see where it will take him. He ends up in...
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22. Lyonesse
by Vance, Jack
- Same author
If you were to open a copy of Lyonesse and give it a good shake, a bunch of (very annoyed) fairies would fall out. Because they're everywhere in this book....
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Lyonesse book 3
23. Madouc (1990)
by Vance, Jack
- Same author
The last of the Lyonesse novels follows Madouc, a fiery young princess at King Casmir's court who learns she was left by the fairies in place of a human baby....
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Lyonesse book 3
24. Madouc
by Vance, Jack
- Same author
The last of the Lyonesse novels follows Madouc, a fiery young princess at King Casmir's court who learns she was left by the fairies in place of a human baby....
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Lyonesse book 2
25. The Green Pearl
by Vance, Jack
- Same author
In a fishing village in South Ulfland, a fisherman cuts open a flounder and finds a green pearl, in which a sorceress's malice has been condensed, and which brings misery...
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26. Tales Of The Dying Earth
by Vance, Jack
- Same author
A series, and the reason there is a Dying Earth sub-genre.
Tale of the Dying Earth truly stands as one of the greatest works ever penned. Everything that's good and bad about the human condition is eloquently expressed within this tale....
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The Dying Earth book 2
27. The Eyes Of The Overworld
by Vance, Jack
- Same author
In the dim far future of Earth, when the sun had shrunk to a small red disk in the dark sky and the race of man lived in isolated cities...
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The Dying Earth book 3
28. Cugel's Saga
by Vance, Jack
- Same author
The roguish Cugel the Clever is stranded on a shore on the other side of the world by the Laughing Magic and must fight, bluff, and connive his way back...
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The Dying Earth book 4
29. Rhialto The Marvellous
by Vance, Jack
- Same author
Rhialto the Marvellous takes up the personal and political conflicts among a conclave of two dozen magicians of Ascolais and Almery in the 21st Aeon. The shocking appearance of the...
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30. 1998: The Physiognomy
by Ford, Jeffrey
- On the same lists
Welcome to the Well-Built City where Cley is the perfect judge and jury. He is a reliable mediator between life and death because he has been extensively trained in physiognomy...
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