23 Of Your Favorite Books Set in Magical Versions Of Real Places
This Riot Recommendation is sponsored by Gilded Cage, Book One in the Dark Gifts series.
The world belongs to the Equals—aristocrats with magical gifts—and all commoners must serve them for ten years.
But behind the gates of England’s grandest estate lies a power that could break the world.
Our heroes are a brother and sister who are brought to serve Britain’s most powerful family. It’s upstairs-downstairs drama; beautiful and wicked aristocrats romancing rebellious commoners; and an epic of politics, passion, and revolution.
Not all are free. Not all are equal. Not all will be saved.
Go left at the statue, walk through the abandoned shop, then out the back door into the alley, and step into a world at once familiar and unrecognizable. Are you in Red London, Jordan College, or somewhere we’ve never heard of? We asked you to share your favorite books set in magical versions of real places, and you responded. Here are 23 of your favorites! Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke The Alchemist’s Apprentice trilogy by Dave Duncan Enchanted Inc. series by Shanna Swendson The Dark Days Club by Alison Goodman The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker Smoke by Dan Vyleta Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde Chronicles of Kazam series by Jasper Fforde Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead Midnight Never Comes by Marie Brennan California Bones by Greg Van Eekhout The Shades of Magic series by V.E. Schwab The Magicians trilogy by Lev Grossman War For the Oaks by Emma Bull Winter’s Tale by Mark Helprin Rivers of London series by Ben Aaronovitch Allie Beckstrom series by Devon Monk Parasol Protectorate series by Gail Carriger The Secret History of Moscow by Ekaterina Sedia The Dark Tower series by Stephen King The Kate Daniels series by Ilona Andrews Un Lun Dun by China Miéville
The world belongs to the Equals—aristocrats with magical gifts—and all commoners must serve them for ten years.
But behind the gates of England’s grandest estate lies a power that could break the world.
Our heroes are a brother and sister who are brought to serve Britain’s most powerful family. It’s upstairs-downstairs drama; beautiful and wicked aristocrats romancing rebellious commoners; and an epic of politics, passion, and revolution.
Not all are free. Not all are equal. Not all will be saved.
Go left at the statue, walk through the abandoned shop, then out the back door into the alley, and step into a world at once familiar and unrecognizable. Are you in Red London, Jordan College, or somewhere we’ve never heard of? We asked you to share your favorite books set in magical versions of real places, and you responded. Here are 23 of your favorites! Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke The Alchemist’s Apprentice trilogy by Dave Duncan Enchanted Inc. series by Shanna Swendson The Dark Days Club by Alison Goodman The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker Smoke by Dan Vyleta Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde Chronicles of Kazam series by Jasper Fforde Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead Midnight Never Comes by Marie Brennan California Bones by Greg Van Eekhout The Shades of Magic series by V.E. Schwab The Magicians trilogy by Lev Grossman War For the Oaks by Emma Bull Winter’s Tale by Mark Helprin Rivers of London series by Ben Aaronovitch Allie Beckstrom series by Devon Monk Parasol Protectorate series by Gail Carriger The Secret History of Moscow by Ekaterina Sedia The Dark Tower series by Stephen King The Kate Daniels series by Ilona Andrews Un Lun Dun by China Miéville
