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Books for the Imaginative

This is a list of books chosen for imagination, whimsy and escapism. I have included well-known favourites as well as books less frequently seen on lists.
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
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Lewis Carroll
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods
2
Neil Gaiman
The Bear and the Nightingale (Katherine Arden)
The Bear and the Nightingale
3
Katherine Arden
Big Fish
Big Fish
4
Blood Red Snow White (Marcus Sedgwick)
Blood Red Snow White
5
Marcus Sedgwick
The Book of Imaginary Beings (Jorge Luis Borges)
The Book of Imaginary Beings
6
Jorge Luis Borges
The Bread We Eat in Dreams
The Bread We Eat in Dreams
7
The Chronicles of Narnia (C.S. Lewis)
The Chronicles of Narnia
8
C.S. Lewis
The Complete Fairy Tales of Hermann Hesse
The Complete Fairy Tales of Hermann Hesse
9
The Darkest Part of the Forest (Holly Black)
The Darkest Part of the Forest
10
Holly Black
Deathless (Catherynne M. Valente)
Deathless
11
Catherynne M. Valente
The Discworld Series
The Discworld Series
12
Egg & Spoon (Gregory Maguire)
Egg & Spoon
13
Gregory Maguire
A Face Like Glass (Frances Hardinge)
A Face Like Glass
14
Frances Hardinge
Fire and Hemlock
Fire and Hemlock
15
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making (Catherynne M. Valente)
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making
16
Catherynne M. Valente
The Golem and the Jinni (Helene Wecker)
The Golem and the Jinni
17
Helene Wecker
The Grimm Legacy (Polly Shulman)
The Grimm Legacy
18
Polly Shulman
Grimm's Fairy Tales (The Brothers Grimm)
Grimm's Fairy Tales
19
The Brothers Grimm
Harry Potter Series (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter Series
20
J.K. Rowling
His Dark Materials (Philip Pullman)
His Dark Materials
21
Philip Pullman
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
22
J.R.R. Tolkien
I, Coriander (Sally Gardner)
I, Coriander
23
Sally Gardner
In the Night Garden
In the Night Garden
24
Inkheart (Cornelia Funke)
Inkheart
25
Cornelia Funke
Italian Folktales
Italian Folktales
26
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell (Susanna Clarke)
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
27
Susanna Clarke
The Labyrinth
The Labyrinth
28
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
29
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
The Melancholy of Mechagirl
The Melancholy of Mechagirl
30
Moon-Whales and Other Moon Poems (Ted Hughes)
Moon-Whales and Other Moon Poems
31
Ted Hughes
The Neverending Story (Michael Ende)
The Neverending Story
32
Michael Ende
Neverwhere (Neil Gaiman)
Neverwhere
33
Neil Gaiman
The Night Circus (Erin Morgenstern)
The Night Circus
34
Erin Morgenstern
Norse Mythology (Neil Gaiman)
Norse Mythology
35
Neil Gaiman
The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (E. T. A. Hoffmann)
The Nutcracker and the Mouse King
36
E. T. A. Hoffmann
The Ocean at the End of the Lane (Neil Gaiman)
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
37
Neil Gaiman
The Other Alice (Michelle Harrison)
The Other Alice
38
Michelle Harrison
The Phantom Tollbooth (Norton Juster)
The Phantom Tollbooth
39
Norton Juster
Radiance (Catherynne M. Valente)
Radiance
40
Catherynne M. Valente
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