*Update edit 02/27/25* I found two comps that will work, for now. Starling House and Midsummer Night's Dream. If anyone can figure others ones out, please let me know. Thank you.
*Update edit* The inspirational book list below, I can't use those as comps because they are too old. I can't allow myself to be in a hard place for my manuscript to not have appropriate comps.
I need your help to find comparative titles, of the last 2 to 3 years, for my manuscript. I'm having a hard time finding what will fit. I've posted on Threads and my FB page with some help from a few friends who are hunting for comps right now. I've checked through Barnes & Noble and my local library (the librarian didn't understand what I was looking for picked all the wrong books, I'm not kidding)
I was suggested last year Piranesi, Ten Thousand Doors of January, Starling House, How to Sell a Haunted House and Gods of Jade & Shadow. So far, Piranesi doesn't fit the slightly, good book though. Ten Thousand Doors of January doesn't seem to fit either. Haven't dived into Starling House yet, but itching to. How to Sell a Haunted House, most defiantly isn't the comp for this. And I haven't started Gods of Jade & Shadow....but there has to be more comps out there I haven't come across.
Could ya'll help me?
The theme/tropes are: Adult Fantasy Family Secrets Portal Fantasy Romance Star Crossed Generational Trauma Gothic Vibes
The books I've read for decades and the movies accompanying them that inspired my novel are:
Portal Fantasy Romance - Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
Tragic Romance - Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare
Facing Traumas Spiritually - Dante’s Inferno
Sacred Island, Paganism - The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Facing Traumas Spiritually - What Dreams May Come by Richard Matheson
Portal/Astral Realm - The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Abandoned Gothic House w/ Family Secrets - The Woman in Black by Susan Hill
Portal Fantasy, Facing Inner Traumas - Labyrinth
Portal Fantasy/Old Book - The Neverending Story
Adventure, Find Inner Strength - Conan: The Barbarian
Shape Shifter Romance/Star Crossed - Ladyehawk
Forbidden Taboo Priest Romance - The Thorn Birds
Deserted Island, Tropics - Blue Lagoon
Star Crossed, Reunited Lovers - Bram Stoker’s Dracula
Internal Conflict Faced by Dreams - The Cell
Facing Grief - Dream House
Star Crossed Lovers, Tragic Romance - The Fountain
Reincarnation, Spiritual Lives - Cloud Atlas
Thank you for your help. Mods, I know this is my first post, but I really need the help. Thank you.
*Update edit 02/27/25* I found two comps that will work, for now. Starling House and Midsummer Night's Dream. If anyone can figure others ones out, please let me know. Thank you.
*Update edit* The inspirational book list below, I can't use those as comps because they are too old. I can't allow myself to be in a hard place for my manuscript to not have appropriate comps.
I need your help to find comparative titles, of the last 2 to 3 years, for my manuscript. I'm having a hard time finding what will fit. I've posted on Threads and my FB page with some help from a few friends who are hunting for comps right now. I've checked through Barnes & Noble and my local library (the librarian didn't understand what I was looking for picked all the wrong books, I'm not kidding)
I was suggested last year Piranesi, Ten Thousand Doors of January, Starling House, How to Sell a Haunted House and Gods of Jade & Shadow. So far, Piranesi doesn't fit the slightly, good book though. Ten Thousand Doors of January doesn't seem to fit either. Haven't dived into Starling House yet, but itching to. How to Sell a Haunted House, most defiantly isn't the comp for this. And I haven't started Gods of Jade & Shadow....but there has to be more comps out there I haven't come across.
Could ya'll help me?
The theme/tropes are:
Adult Fantasy
Family Secrets
Portal Fantasy
Romance
Star Crossed
Generational Trauma
Gothic Vibes
The books I've read for decades and the movies accompanying them that inspired my novel are:
Portal Fantasy Romance -
Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
Tragic Romance -
Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare
Facing Traumas Spiritually -
Dante’s Inferno
Sacred Island, Paganism -
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Facing Traumas Spiritually -
What Dreams May Come by Richard Matheson
Portal/Astral Realm -
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Abandoned Gothic House w/ Family Secrets -
The Woman in Black by Susan Hill
Portal Fantasy, Facing Inner Traumas -
Labyrinth
Portal Fantasy/Old Book -
The Neverending Story
Adventure, Find Inner Strength -
Conan: The Barbarian
Shape Shifter Romance/Star Crossed -
Ladyehawk
Forbidden Taboo Priest Romance -
The Thorn Birds
Deserted Island, Tropics -
Blue Lagoon
Star Crossed, Reunited Lovers -
Bram Stoker’s Dracula
Internal Conflict Faced by Dreams -
The Cell
Facing Grief -
Dream House
Star Crossed Lovers, Tragic Romance -
The Fountain
Reincarnation, Spiritual Lives -
Cloud Atlas
Thank you for your help.
Mods, I know this is my first post, but I really need the help. Thank you.
-Tara Dobbs