British Author Challenge May 2024: Portal Fantasy

May: Portal Fantasy



Step through a door into a world of wonder.

Suggestions
The Chronicles of Narnia series by C. S. Lewis
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
David Blaize and the blue door by E. F. Benson
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Piranesi by Susannah Clarke
Un Lun Dun by China Mieville
Abarat series by Clive Barker
Arcadia by Iain Pears
Imajica by Clive Barker
Stardust by Neil Gaiman
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles by Julie Andrews
Elidor by Alan Garner
The Poison Master by Liz Williams
Die by Kieron Gillen
The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman
Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie
Tom's Midnight Garden by Philippa Pearce
Dark Lord of Derkholm by Diana Wynne Jones

I am grateful for this nudge to get back to the Thursday Next series with First Among Sequels.

>2 cbl_tn: I will be reading my next in series installment of The Invisible Library.

I love Diana WYnne Jones and Dark Lord of Derkholm is a very fun read.
Another magical trilogy -
The Queen of Dreams by Peter F. Hamilton - he wrote these for his daughters, not his usual scifi fare.
Not sure what I'll pick to read as yet, I've read most of your list already.

>3 alcottacre: That one is new to me. It sounds like fun!

>5 cbl_tn: It is! I hope you give the series a try at some point, Carrie.

I have a few that appeal this month. Maybe the Pears but a couple of YA books also stand-out to me.

I found my copy of Imajica so I might try that. I've read two of the Abarat books and another of his. Also requested a copy of The Invisible Library.

>4 avatiakh: I'm currently reading The Queen of Dreams for the Wildcard and am enjoying it.

>8 avatiakh: Imajica is probably my favorite Barker book.

>9 amanda4242: Oh thanks for saying that about Imajica.
The Queen of Dreams books have such awful covers that I almost didn't read them, but I'm a completist of Peter F Hamilton so I did and really loved the world he imagined for the books.

>1 amanda4242: Looking forward to going down the Rabbit Hole again with Alice's Adventures!

I read Alice in Wonderland and then Through the Looking Glass and what Alice found there, also Tangled Tales. I enjoyed these.

I'm not finding much tie for Imajica, only managed 55 pages so far. It's interesting so I'll keep going, mostly other reading getting in my way.

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C. S. Lewis

I decided to go with a re-read of my second favorite^* Narnia book, mostly because it has one of the best opening sentences in all of literature: "There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it."

^*If anyone is wondering, my ranking of the series is:
The Silver Chair
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Prince Caspian
The Magician's Nephew
The Horse and His Boy
The Last Battle

The June thread is up!

https://www.librarything.com/topic/361107

I finished The Burning Page today (just in time!) and found it to be the best of Cogman's Invisible Library series to date, although it is only the third volume. I am looking forward to continuing on with the series in the future!