This list is meant for both "literary", character driven books that have strong sci-fi and fantasy elements (such as The Time Traveler's Wife). And also books that are firmly rooted in genre, but whose prose is so rich it borders on poetry (like In the Night Garden, by Catherynne Valente).
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112 books · 62 voters · list created February 25th, 2015 by Basil Godevenos (votes) .
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message 1: by Basil (new)

Basil Godevenos Hi people! If you're voting on this list, chances are you have a taste for the more "literary" selections in the F&SF genres. I originally created this list in the hopes I'd get some good recommendations. A little later, I decided to create a group focused on reading these kinds of books.

If you're here, you should be there too :)

Here's the group: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...

Come join us!


message 2: by Mikkel (new)

Mikkel Andersen The name of the rose, is on this list? Must be a mistake?


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