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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Nikky Lee Fantasy with creature companions that aren’t dragons Book cover of Assassin's Apprentice Book cover of The Cloud Roads Book cover of The Amulet of Samarkand Book cover of Spellslinger Book cover of Nevernight
  • J.L. Jackola Where romance is as significant as world-building Book cover of Wizard's First Rule Book cover of Starcrossed Book cover of Splintered Book cover of Darling, There are Wolves in the Woods Book cover of Mirror Sight
  • Armen Pogharian Fantasy stories you’ll love at any age Book cover of The Hobbit Book cover of Magician: Apprentice Book cover of Pawn of Prophecy Book cover of The Ruins of Gorlan Book cover of The Amulet of Samarkand
  • 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
  • acflory Exploring what it means to be human Book cover of Dune Book cover of City of Golden Shadow Book cover of The Left Hand of Darkness Book cover of Cyteen Book cover of Onslaught
  • 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
  • Doug White The complex worlds of philanthropy and nonprofits Book cover of Uncharitable: How Restraints on Nonprofits Undermine Their Potential Book cover of Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World Book cover of The Givers: Wealth, Power, and Philanthropy in a New Gilded Age Book cover of Just Giving: Why Philanthropy Is Failing Democracy and How It Can Do Better Book cover of The Theory of Moral Sentiments
  • Marius H. Visser Taking you away from reality Book cover of Legend Book cover of The Crippled God Book cover of Magician: Apprentice Book cover of Blood of Elves Book cover of The Seventh Gate
  • 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
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