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Just For You! -- Novels with Great World Building

If you like fantasy novels and mysteries with rich, immersive world building, you might enjoy something on this list.

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  • In 1984, Collette LeSange runs an elite art school for children and hides her identity as an immortal vampire. Several complicated issues combine to throw her life into upheaval in this suspenseful, atmospheric debut novel.
    Book, 2023New York : Flatiron Books, 2023.
  • This is an intricately plotted historical fantasy set in 14th century China and features a woman determined to claim a fate beyond what was predicted for her at birth.
    Book, 2021New York, NY : Tor, [2021]
  • This is an epic fantasy adventure with multiple points of view that converge with dramatic results in the lead up to the winter solstice and a solar eclipse.
    Book, 2020London ; New York : Saga Press, 2020.
  • In London in 1815, independent women are looked down upon, but newly widowed Lily Adler isn’t going to let that stop her from enjoying life. Then a dead body turns up in the garden during a ball, and Lily refuses to drop the case.
    Book, 2020New York : Crooked Lane Books, 2020.
  • In 1920’s Bombay, Perveen Mistry is one of India’s first female lawyers and dedicated to championing and protecting women’s legal rights.
    Book, 2018New York, NY : Soho Crime, [2018]
  • In the year 2022, the vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac tells the story of his life to renown journalist Daniel Molloy. Beginning in 1910 New Orleans, Louis forms a vampire family with the vampire Lestat, complete with teen fledgling, Claudia.
    DVD, 2023[Bethesda, Maryland] : RLJ Entertainment, [2023],c2023.