Gaslamp Fantasy

Gaslamp fantasy (also known as gaslight fantasy or gaslight romance) is a sub-genre of both fantasy and historical fiction. Generally speaking, this particular realm of fantasy employs either a Victorian or Edwardian setting. The gaslamp fantasy genre is not to be confused with steampunk, which usually has more of a super-science edge and uchronic tone.

Gaslamp fantasy also differs from classical Victorian/Edwardian faerie or pure fantasy in the J.R.R. Tolkien or Lewis Carroll style or from historical crime-novels in the Anne Perry or June Thomson style by the supernatural elements, themes, an
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Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Soulless (Parasol Protectorate, #1)
The Night Circus
Stardust
The Lord of Stariel (Stariel, #1)
Half a Soul (Regency Faerie Tales, #1)
A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle, #1)
The Paper Magician (The Paper Magician, #1)
A Natural History of Dragons (The Memoirs of Lady Trent, #1)
Queen Victoria’s Book of Spells: An Anthology of Gaslamp Fantasy
Sorcery & Cecelia: or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot (Cecelia and Kate, #1)
The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1)
Shades of Milk and Honey (Glamourist Histories, #1)
His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1)
Sorcerer to the Crown (Sorcerer Royal, #1)
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeSoulless by Gail CarrigerStardust by Neil GaimanThe Golem and the Jinni by Helene WeckerThe Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Gaslamp Fantasy
216 books — 188 voters
The Hollow Clock by Elias Keane
Best Dark Steampunk Novel
1 book — 1 voter


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