Book recommendations similar to Gormenghast

Public room public room
No. 95
7
0
More
Copy link
Report

Post recommendations of book similar to Gormenghast. Don't hold back anything goes.

Hashtags
Login to add a hashtag
Rss
SLink
Link Topic No.95
Link this topic into another. This will add this topic to the subtopics of the destination topic.
Subtopics
Visible to the public Public post
Attachments • images • video webm/mp4 • max size 4096KiB.
Attachments • images • video • max 4MB.
Newest
Newest
Sort posts in decending order by date
Oldest
Sort posts in ascending order by date
Mode
No.1815 • 
thegodfatherpart4@55 
More
Options
Copy link
Report
Somewhat depends on exactly what about Gormenghast you want something similar to, but I have quite a few! Mordew by Alex Pheby Piranesi by Susanna Clarke Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell - Susannah Clarke. Almost anything by China Miéville. I'd recommend Perdido Street Station Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe Gloriana by Michael Moorcock Then there are some other WeirdLit recommendations that are slightly further away but share some aspects you may appreciate, like Vandermeer's Ambergris trilogy
No.1814 • 
salesmanacini@17 
More
Options
Copy link
Report
Mordew by Alex Pheby is like if Titus Groan was written by Roald Dahl.
No.1810 • 
magicschoolbusdropout@48 
More
Options
Copy link
Report
The Books of Babel by J Bancroft has the Gormenghast vibe in setting and characters.
No.1807 • 
jesusochristo@156 
More
Options
Copy link
Report
I like to recommend Malpertuis by Jean Ray as a kind of mini Gormenghast.
No.1780 • 
mervynpeake@209 
More
Options
Copy link
Report
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell - Susannah Clarke. The Phantom Tollbooth - Norton Juster. Dictionary of the Khazars - Milorad Savic. Life : A User's Manual - Georges Perec.
No.1779 • 
mervynpeake@209 
More
Options
Copy link
Report
Here are my suggestions: Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson The Night Land by William Hope Hodgson Moby Dick by Herman Melville Attack on Titan by Hajime Isayama Some might say Viriconium by M John Harrison, but...for me, there's not much Gormenghast in that series.
No.1778 • 
mervynpeake@209 
More
Options
Copy link
Report
Gloriana by Michael Moorcock is explicitly an homage to Gormenghast. Otherwise I'd recommend Piranesi by Susanna Clarke, Lacrimore by S. J. Costello, and perhaps The City and the City by Miéville. All relatively prose-y books, where the setting is pretty much the main character.