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  • L. S. Bethel Romance with supernatural worldbuilding Book cover of The Dark Highlander Book cover of Lover Awakened Book cover of Tempted Book cover of Dance with the Devil Book cover of The Darkest Night
  • Sunshine Somerville Science fiction and fantasy world-building Book cover of Tribes of Decay: A Zombie Novel Book cover of Idyll Book cover of The Running Game Book cover of Magic-Price Book cover of Hell Divers
  • Paula Altenburg Featuring worldbuilding as part of the story Book cover of The Far Pavilions Book cover of Magic Bites Book cover of The Pillars of the Earth Book cover of Pet Sematary Book cover of The Seducer
  • Deb E. Howell Fantasy series with powerful worldbuilding Book cover of The Emperor's Edge Book cover of The Demon King Book cover of Kushiel's Scion Book cover of The Black Prism Book cover of The Warded Man
  • K. Eason Weird-ass (and wonderful) world-building fantasy Book cover of The Memory Theater Book cover of Flames of Mira Book cover of The Fifth Season Book cover of The Devourers Book cover of The Cloud Roads
  • Gary J. Martin Immersive world-building and possibilities Book cover of The Eye of the World Book cover of Dragons of Autumn Twilight Book cover of Blood Song Book cover of Legend Book cover of The Diamond Throne
  • Paula Weston Fantasy books with slow-burn romance and rich world building Book cover of Heretic Behaviour Book cover of Six of Crows Book cover of The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms Book cover of Graceling Book cover of Finnikin of the Rock
  • Ben Stoddard Books that are part of bigger universes Book cover of Myst: the Book of Atrus Book cover of The Wee Free Men Book cover of Yumi and the Nightmare Painter Book cover of Heir to the Empire Book cover of Legion
  • Ronald A. Geobey Sci-fi fantasy novels for immersive worldbuilding Book cover of Dune Book cover of The Ring of Five Dragons Book cover of The Gunslinger Book cover of The Complete Chronicles of the Jerusalem Man Book cover of Belgarath the Sorcerer
  • Marcel Ray Duriez Delve into the darker side of human nature and reality Book cover of The Lord of the Rings Book cover of The Left Hand of Darkness Book cover of The Raven and Other Favorite Poems Book cover of The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories Book cover of The Shining
  • Lilian Horn Fantasy worldbuilding you don’t want to get lost in Book cover of Hideyuki Kikuchi's Vampire Hunter D Vol. 1 Book cover of Gideon the Ninth Book cover of Sea of Ghosts Book cover of The Lies of Locke Lamora Book cover of Boneshaker
  • Liam Lombard Fantasy great world building relatable characters Book cover of The Way of Kings Book cover of Mistborn: The Final Empire Book cover of Assassin's Apprentice Book cover of Dune Book cover of The Fellowship of the Ring
  • AC Donaubauer Taking a fantastic break from the current reality Book cover of Guards! Guards! Book cover of The Magicians' Guild Book cover of Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs Book cover of Bride Book cover of Magic Bites
  • Kevin Moran Fiction books set in underground worlds Book cover of Wool Book cover of The City of Ember Book cover of Neverwhere Book cover of Tunnels Book cover of Gregor the Overlander
  • Jean Louise Transporting you to another time and place Book cover of Mistborn: The Final Empire Book cover of Dawn Land Book cover of And I Darken Book cover of Fingersmith Book cover of Y: The Last Man
  • Redfern Jon Barrett Sci-fi and speculative stories depicting queer lives Book cover of A Psalm for the Wild-Built Book cover of Shadow Man Book cover of You Sexy Thing Book cover of The Offset Book cover of The Left Hand of Darkness
  • Kevin Cornell World-building Book cover of Why Elephants Have Big Ears : Understanding Patterns of Life on Earth Book cover of What People Wore When: A Complete Illustrated History of Costume from Ancient Times to the Nineteenth Century for Every Level of Society Book cover of The Grammar of Ornament: All 100 Color Plates from the Great Victorian Sourcebook of Historic Design Book cover of Mapping the World: An Illustrated History of Cartography Book cover of A Museum of Early American Tools
  • Derek Prior Conflicted protagonists in fantasy Book cover of Lord Foul's Bane Book cover of Elric of Melniboné Book cover of Legend Book cover of The Blade Itself Book cover of Incursion
  • Taylor Munsell Embracing the dark Book cover of Three Dark Crowns Book cover of Threadneedle Book cover of A Deadly Education Book cover of This Vicious Grace Book cover of The Bone Witch
  • Nadia Afifi Sci-fi that draws you in with worldbuilding Book cover of A Master of Djinn Book cover of Gideon the Ninth Book cover of Nophek Gloss Book cover of The Windup Girl Book cover of Blindsight
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