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Tara Dobbs (taradobbs) | 1 comments Hello, everyone.

*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


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