Books like Perfume (1987)
30 fantasy books to read after Perfume (1987), by Suskind, Patrick, the closest match first.
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1. Testament Of Youth
by Brittain, Vera
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Giving a voice to a lost generation, this edition features a new introduction by Brittain’s biographer. Now a major motion picture starring Alicia Vikander, Kit Harington, Hayley Atwell, and Taron...
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2. The Shadow Year (2009)
by Ford, Jeffrey
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In 1960s Long Island, a boy and his older brother Jim build Botch Town, a detailed model of their neighbourhood with clay figures for the people who live there. Their...
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3. Madouc (1990)
by Vance, Jack
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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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4. Tender Morsels (2009)
by Lanagan, Margo
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Liga has suffered terribly at the hands of the men in her life when a magic that she doesn't understand carries her and her two daughters to a refuge of...
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5. Tooth And Claw (2004)
by Walton, Jo
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In a world of dragons, a dying patriarch's will starts a dispute among his children. His son the parson wants the family to eat the body of the dead, as...
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6. The Facts Of Life (2003)
by Joyce, Graham
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The Facts Of Life by Graham Joyce won the 2003 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel
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7. Declare (2000)
by Powers, Tim
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In 1963, an Oxford lecturer, Andrew Hale, receives a coded phone call that draws him back to the secret service he served during the war. The call concerns Operation Declare,...
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8. Thraxas (1999)
by Scott, Martin
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Thraxas is a heavy-drinking, perpetually broke private investigator in the city of Turai, a former sorcerer, soldier and palace investigator who lost his job because of the drinking. He lives...
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9. The Antelope Wife (1998)
by Erdrich, Louise
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The Antelope Wife by Louise Erdrich won the 1998 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel
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10. Godmother Night (1996)
by Pollack, Rachel
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The Godmother Night by Rachel Pollack won the 1996 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel
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11. The Prestige (1995)
by Priest, Christopher
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The Prestige by Christopher Priest won the 1995 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel
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12. Glimpses (1994)
by Shiner, Lewis
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Ray Shackleford is a stereo repairman who is grieving his father and watching his marriage fall apart when he finds himself able to hear music that was never recorded. Music...
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13. Thomas The Rhymer (1991)
by Kushner, Ellen
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Thomas the Rhymer by Ellen Kushner won the 1991 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel
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14. Only Begotten Daughter (1991)
by Morrow, James
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Only Begotten Daughter by James Morrow won the 1991 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel
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15. Koko (1989)
by Straub, Peter
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Four Vietnam veterans trace a string of murders marked with playing cards back to something from the war.
Four men who served in Vietnam meet again at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington. A series of murders in Asia, each marked with a playing card and the word...
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16. Song Of Kali (1986)
by Simmons, Dan
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Robert Luczak, an American poet and editor, accepts an assignment to Calcutta to meet the great Bengali poet M. Das, who is believed to have died years ago but whose...
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17. Mythago Wood (1985)
by Holdstock, Robert
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Mythago Wood by Robert Holdstock won the 1985 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel
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18. The Dragon Waiting (1984)
by Ford, John M.
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The Dragon Waiting by John M. Ford won the 1984 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel
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19. The Shadow Of The Torturer (1981)
by Wolfe, Gene
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The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe won the 1981 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel
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20. Watchtower (1980)
by Lynn, Elizabeth A
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When the mercenary Col Istor takes the northern fortress of Tornor Keep and kills its lord, he spares the lord's young son Errel and the watch commander, Ryke. Ryke, who...
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21. Gloriana (1979)
by Moorcock, Michael
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Queen Gloriana of Albion has ruled a great and peaceful empire for thirteen years, and keeps it so through a court of spies and terror run by Lord Montfallcon. She...
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22. Bid Time Return (1976)
by Matheson, Richard
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Bid Time Return by Richard Matheson won the 1976 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel
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23. Asylum
by Roux, Madeleine
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Madeleine Roux's New York Times bestselling Asylum is a thrilling and creepy photo-illustrated novel that Publishers Weekly called "a strong YA debut that reveals the enduring impact of buried trauma...
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24. 1998: The Physiognomy
by Ford, Jeffrey
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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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25. 2002: The Other Wind
by Guin, Ursula K. Le
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Like the previous Earthsea stories, this book seems to be centred around Ged, the sorcerer who is most often recognised by his common name, Sparrowhawk. But, like all except the...
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26. 2014: A Stranger In Olondria
by Samatar, Sofia
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A stranger in Olondria follows Jevick the 2nd son of an influential trader from the city of Tyom. Even though he was born and grew up in the Tea Islands,...
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27. 2013: Alif The Unseen
by Wilson, G. Willow
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Alif is the screen name of a hacker in an unnamed totalitarian Middle Eastern state. Alif's clients are a diverse group of rebels -- pornographers, bloggers, Islamists, activists -- who...
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28. 2012: Osama
by Tidhar, Lavie
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Joe is a typically average private investigator who lives in Southeast Asia. The only real difference is that Joe's world, terrorist attacks like 9-11 never actually happened. Instead, they're simply...
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29. 2011: Who Fears Death
by Okorafor, Nnedi
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In a post-apocalyptic Sudan, technology has fallen and sorcery flourishes. But the hatred between peoples and cultures still exists. Onyesonwu was a child conceived from a brutal rape. Her mother...
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30. 2010: The City & The City
by Miéville, China
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Imagine two cities that share the exact same geographic space, but do not interact with one another under any circumstances. Unless the government authorities grant permission, that is. If citizens...
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