Please suggest me a book to fill this critera 💖Basically I'm trying to fill the The Magicians sized hole in my heart but I'm also working on writing my own work in this theme after several years of not writing and reading very little. I was initially looking for more books like the magicians but after searching I saw someone describe what they were looking for as "real people with magic trying to figure their shit out and saying fuck a lot" and I realized that was what I was looking for and trying to write.
Some thoughts:
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I have checked out Lev Grossmans The Codex from the library and I plan to look into his brother's superhero book at some point too.
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I am looking for fantasy books set in a modern, real world rather than a high fantasy book. I'm not overly opposed to suggestions that fall outside my criteria if you think they are good as I tend to enjoy lots of genres.
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Looking for descriptions of magical drug use. Maybe magical crime too, now that I'm thinking here. But I would really like some inspiration as I'd like to write some magically fueled psychedelic experiences. The drugs don't have to be psychedelic.
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tone can be light or dark or a mix
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Books I read recently and liked: American Gods, The Magicians, Night Circus, Book of Night, Ninth House, Sharp Objects, Daughter of the Moon Goddess, Nettle and Bone
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Books I already plan on checking out – Dresden Files, Anansi Boys, Johnathan Strange and Mr. Norrel, The Diviners (read first one), Nightside series
Other relevantish media I enjoy – Buffy, The Boys, Stranger Things, Made For Love, Penny Dreadful, Fleabag, Grimm, Hereditary, Midsummer, Hemlock Grove, Lost Girl, Haunting of Hill House (was reading this too but lost it moving. I'll have to look), Veronica Mars, Shameless
I also DNF but didn't dislike Anne Rice Mayfair Witch series and also the Discovery of Witches series. I thought the first DoW book had some really cool magical descriptions. It was just dense and I had a lot going on by the time I was halfway through the second one.
Thank you so much!
by lilsourem
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Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey could work for you. Also, look at the October Daye series by Seanan McGuire.
Rivers of London series by Ben Aaronovitch (link below as it seems to have slightly different book names depending on where you live) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivers_of_London_(book_series)