SciFi & Fantasy Books With Beautiful Prose

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Deathless
Deathless 3.93 avg rating — 22,513 ratings
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Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell 3.87 avg rating — 249,869 ratings
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The Ocean at the End of the Lane
The Ocean at the End of the Lane 4.02 avg rating — 650,439 ratings
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The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1) 4.52 avg rating — 1,051,352 ratings
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Tigana
Tigana 4.08 avg rating — 51,019 ratings
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The Last Unicorn (The Last Unicorn, #1)
The Last Unicorn (The Last Unicorn, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 119,416 ratings
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The Lions of Al-Rassan
The Lions of Al-Rassan 4.30 avg rating — 25,418 ratings
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The Forgotten Beasts of Eld
The Forgotten Beasts of Eld 4.07 avg rating — 20,643 ratings
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The Gormenghast Novels (Gormenghast, #1-3)
The Gormenghast Novels (Gormenghast, #1-3) 4.03 avg rating — 9,798 ratings
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The Night Circus
The Night Circus really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,068,542 ratings
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The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings 4.54 avg rating — 716,576 ratings
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Ombria in Shadow
Ombria in Shadow really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5,171 ratings
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This Is How You Lose the Time War
This Is How You Lose the Time War 3.85 avg rating — 308,596 ratings
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In the Night Garden (The Orphan's Tales, #1)
In the Night Garden (The Orphan's Tales, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 9,242 ratings
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The King of Elfland's Daughter
The King of Elfland's Daughter 3.82 avg rating — 8,690 ratings
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The Riddle-Master of Hed (Riddle-Master, #1)
The Riddle-Master of Hed (Riddle-Master, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 12,979 ratings
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The Bloody Chamber
The Bloody Chamber 3.91 avg rating — 63,249 ratings
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The Left Hand of Darkness
The Left Hand of Darkness 4.10 avg rating — 209,503 ratings
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The Raven Boys (The Raven Cycle, #1)
The Raven Boys (The Raven Cycle, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 394,668 ratings
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Bridge of Birds (The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox, #1)
Bridge of Birds (The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 10,583 ratings
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Palimpsest
Palimpsest 3.66 avg rating — 5,220 ratings
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Romance Quartet
Romance Quartet 4.05 avg rating — 21 ratings
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Devil's Intern
Devil's Intern 4.51 avg rating — 68 ratings
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Winter's Tale
Winter's Tale 3.51 avg rating — 29,210 ratings
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Little, Big
Little, Big 3.80 avg rating — 12,098 ratings
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Shadow & Claw (The Book of the New Sun, #1-2)
Shadow & Claw (The Book of the New Sun, #1-2) 4.04 avg rating — 21,842 ratings
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Death's Master (Flat Earth, #2)
Death's Master (Flat Earth, #2) 4.23 avg rating — 1,480 ratings
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Night's Sorceries (Flat Earth, #5)
Night's Sorceries (Flat Earth, #5) 4.29 avg rating — 569 ratings
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Lud-in-the-Mist
Lud-in-the-Mist 3.86 avg rating — 9,261 ratings
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Delirium's Mistress (Flat Earth, #4)
Delirium's Mistress (Flat Earth, #4) 4.22 avg rating — 823 ratings
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The Call of Agon (The Children of Telm, #1)
The Call of Agon (The Children of Telm, #1) 3.52 avg rating — 418 ratings
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Albion Imperilled
Albion Imperilled 3.82 avg rating — 61 ratings
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A Leaf of Faith (Messengers and Thieves Book 2)
A Leaf of Faith (Messengers and Thieves Book 2) 4.07 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Where the Garden Begins (Messengers and Thieves #1)
Where the Garden Begins (Messengers and Thieves #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 21 ratings
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Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti
Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti 3.81 avg rating — 3,214 ratings
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A Song of Ice and Fire (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1-5)
A Song of Ice and Fire (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1-5) 4.60 avg rating — 64,128 ratings
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The Golden Age (Golden Age, #1)
The Golden Age (Golden Age, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 3,340 ratings
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Suldrun's Garden (Lyonesse, #1)
Suldrun's Garden (Lyonesse, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 5,910 ratings
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Kushiel's Dart (Phèdre's Trilogy, #1)
Kushiel's Dart (Phèdre's Trilogy, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 83,239 ratings
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Cygnet (Cygnet, #1-2)
Cygnet (Cygnet, #1-2) 4.10 avg rating — 613 ratings
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Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 285,978 ratings
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Zothique
Zothique 4.23 avg rating — 1,220 ratings
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Six-Gun Snow White
Six-Gun Snow White 3.63 avg rating — 4,468 ratings
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Alphabet of Thorn
Alphabet of Thorn 4.09 avg rating — 6,141 ratings
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The Charwoman's Shadow
The Charwoman's Shadow 3.98 avg rating — 867 ratings
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In the Cities of Coin and Spice (The Orphan's Tales, #2)
In the Cities of Coin and Spice (The Orphan's Tales, #2) 4.39 avg rating — 2,959 ratings
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The Alchemy of Stone
The Alchemy of Stone 3.64 avg rating — 2,488 ratings
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The Tiger’s Daughter (Ascendant, #1)
The Tiger’s Daughter (Ascendant, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 4,101 ratings
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At the Mouth of the River of Bees: Stories
At the Mouth of the River of Bees: Stories 4.05 avg rating — 2,583 ratings
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Magic for Beginners
Magic for Beginners 3.80 avg rating — 10,118 ratings
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Lord of Emperors (The Sarantine Mosaic, #2)
Lord of Emperors (The Sarantine Mosaic, #2) 4.29 avg rating — 13,977 ratings
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Night's Daughter (Flat Earth, #4-5)
Night's Daughter (Flat Earth, #4-5) 4.37 avg rating — 276 ratings
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City of Saints and Madmen (Ambergris #1)
City of Saints and Madmen (Ambergris #1) 3.86 avg rating — 7,864 ratings
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The Bitterwood Bible and Other Recountings
The Bitterwood Bible and Other Recountings 4.56 avg rating — 315 ratings
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Tales of Nevèrÿon (Return to Nevèrÿon, #1)
Tales of Nevèrÿon (Return to Nevèrÿon, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 1,673 ratings
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Daughter of Smoke and Bone (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #1)
Daughter of Smoke and Bone (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 381,950 ratings
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Beauty
Beauty 4.05 avg rating — 82,291 ratings
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The River Has Roots
The River Has Roots 4.05 avg rating — 16,137 ratings
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Mythago Wood (Mythago Wood, #1)
Mythago Wood (Mythago Wood, #1) 3.77 avg rating — 10,802 ratings
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Boy, Snow, Bird
Boy, Snow, Bird 3.34 avg rating — 30,808 ratings
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Sailing to Sarantium (The Sarantine Mosaic, #1)
Sailing to Sarantium (The Sarantine Mosaic, #1) 4.20 avg rating — 16,533 ratings
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Tender Morsels
Tender Morsels 3.59 avg rating — 5,953 ratings
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The Book of Atrix Wolfe
The Book of Atrix Wolfe really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4,062 ratings
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Lords of Rainbow
Lords of Rainbow 3.89 avg rating — 212 ratings
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Solan
Solan 4.20 avg rating — 15 ratings
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Ann Marie's Asylum (Master and Apprentice, #1)
Ann Marie's Asylum (Master and Apprentice, #1) 3.48 avg rating — 135 ratings
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The Lords of Darkness (Flat Earth, #1-3)
The Lords of Darkness (Flat Earth, #1-3) 4.38 avg rating — 483 ratings
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The Running Game (Reachers, #1)
The Running Game (Reachers, #1) 4.11 avg rating — 229 ratings
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Frankenstein
Frankenstein 3.89 avg rating — 1,772,536 ratings
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Talented (The Legacy of Cameran Monroe #1)
Talented (The Legacy of Cameran Monroe #1) 4.03 avg rating — 39 ratings
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Strange the Dreamer (Strange the Dreamer, #1)
Strange the Dreamer (Strange the Dreamer, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 132,390 ratings
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The Chosen and the Beautiful
The Chosen and the Beautiful
by: Nghi Vo
3.55 avg rating — 18,444 ratings
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Conjunction (The Wise Society, #1)
Conjunction (The Wise Society, #1) 4.39 avg rating — 76 ratings
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The Pearl on the String
The Pearl on the String 4.90 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Calenture
Calenture 3.89 avg rating — 169 ratings
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Kafka on the Shore
Kafka on the Shore 4.12 avg rating — 528,325 ratings
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Creating Monsters
Creating Monsters 3.60 avg rating — 188 ratings
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Central Station
Central Station 3.51 avg rating — 3,268 ratings
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The Dying Earth (The Dying Earth, #1)
The Dying Earth (The Dying Earth, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 10,572 ratings
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Transitory
Transitory 4.32 avg rating — 22 ratings
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The Refrigerator Monologues
The Refrigerator Monologues 4.04 avg rating — 4,087 ratings
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Piranesi
Piranesi 4.22 avg rating — 406,754 ratings
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Wraeththu (Wraeththu #1-3)
Wraeththu (Wraeththu #1-3) 3.94 avg rating — 2,683 ratings
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Weathering
Weathering
by: Lucy Wood
3.65 avg rating — 834 ratings
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Use of Weapons (Culture, #3)
Use of Weapons (Culture, #3) 4.16 avg rating — 51,314 ratings
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The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1)
The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 696,805 ratings
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The Satanic Verses
The Satanic Verses 3.71 avg rating — 70,309 ratings
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The Rediscovery of Man: The Complete Short Science Fiction of Cordwainer Smith
The Rediscovery of Man: The Complete Short Science Fiction of Cordwainer Smith 4.35 avg rating — 1,212 ratings
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Lanny
Lanny 4.05 avg rating — 29,501 ratings
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Prophecies, Libels & Dreams
Prophecies, Libels & Dreams 4.04 avg rating — 179 ratings
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The Dark Eidolon and Other Fantasies
The Dark Eidolon and Other Fantasies 4.14 avg rating — 1,654 ratings
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Deeplight
Deeplight 4.04 avg rating — 6,824 ratings
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A Song for Lya
A Song for Lya 3.99 avg rating — 1,831 ratings
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Scale-Bright
Scale-Bright 3.74 avg rating — 587 ratings
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Radiance
Radiance 3.72 avg rating — 5,415 ratings
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The Girls at the Kingfisher Club
The Girls at the Kingfisher Club 3.80 avg rating — 4,806 ratings
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Kurangaituku
Kurangaituku 4.34 avg rating — 410 ratings
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Neverness (A Requiem for Homo Sapiens, #0)
Neverness (A Requiem for Homo Sapiens, #0) 4.05 avg rating — 1,727 ratings
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Havemercy (Havemercy, #1)
Havemercy (Havemercy, #1) 3.62 avg rating — 2,794 ratings
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One for the Morning Glory
One for the Morning Glory 4.06 avg rating — 510 ratings
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