After a devastating nuclear war, American society has turned against modern science; rebuilding cities and technological expertise is banned and religious groups that opposed technology before the war now shape public life.

An intimate retelling of the Cupid-and-Psyche myth presented as a long first-person accusation by Psyche’s elder sister, Orual. The narrator addresses her perceived wrongs and the gods while reconstructing family rivalries, love, and spiritual puzzlement within a primitive, Hellenistic-adjacent kingdom.

A historical retelling of the early life of Theseus that frames mythic episodes as the development of a young man into political and social adulthood. The narrative traces his movement across Greek communities and into Crete, depicting ritual contests, sea travel, and clashes between differing social systems.

Set after a catastrophic nuclear war, the novel follows members of a Catholic monastery who preserve fragments of scientific knowledge while centuries pass and human societies slowly re-form.

A first-person account of Juan "Johnny" Rico's progression through the Mobile Infantry, set against an interstellar war between humans and an alien species.

Set after catastrophic solar heating has melted the ice caps and turned temperate cities into tropical lagoons, the novel follows a scientist stationed in a submerged London who becomes increasingly drawn to the altered environment.

A multi-generational saga centered on a single family and the town they founded, tracking births, deaths, loves, and obsessions across decades.

A Wizard of Earthsea follows Ged, a gifted youth from the island of Gont, whose early talent leads him to a school of wizardry. After a duel goes wrong and releases a dangerous shadow, he must leave home and undertake a solitary quest to confront and undo the harm he caused.

A single unicorn, convinced she is the last of her kind, leaves the safety of the forest to discover what happened to other unicorns.

A retelling of the early life of Merlin that frames his psychic visions and uncertain parentage within the fractured, post-Roman kingdoms of Britain.

A girl taken as a child becomes the high priestess of a closed, sacred tomb complex and endures a life of ritual, solitude, and strict hierarchy.

An eleven-year-old English boy discovers on his birthday that he belongs to an ancient group of guardians opposed to a rising Dark. Faced with recovering lost magical talismans and learning his new role, he must act quickly as the balance between Light and Dark tightens.

Two contrasting societies — one organized around communal, anarchist principles and the other structured by more conventional hierarchy and market relations — come into contact.

A standalone fantasy centered on magic and wizards, told with a fairy-tale cadence and inward focus. The narrative orbits a central character and the relationships they form with enchanted creatures and magical practice, with stakes rooted in personal consequences rather than sprawling political conflict.

Four women from parallel worlds — each living under different social rules and gender expectations — come into contact and confront one another's lives. Their meetings force personal reevaluation and stage a sustained feminist interrogation of what 'being a woman' can mean across differing social systems.

A lone, recovering writer in a modern city discovers evidence of an occult pattern—drawn from a found journal and strange urban phenomena—that suggests unseen entities connected to the city's emotional life.

A linked collection of short stories that reimagines traditional fairy tales and folk tales by amplifying their latent, often unsettling elements.

Set in a far-future, quasi-medieval city, the novel follows Severian, an apprentice in a torturers' guild, whose expulsion forces him to leave his home and travel into a decaying world.

Spanning several generations of a single family, the book traces how private lives, inherited memories, and supernatural intimations intersect with broader political upheaval. The central pressure comes from how family loyalties and personal histories respond to changing social orders and accumulating loss.

Set in a future US where women's civil rights have been revoked, a group of female linguists—trained as interstellar translators—create a new language for women as a deliberate form of resistance.

Set in a near-future theocratic state, the narrative follows a woman assigned to a mandated reproductive role within tightly policed households.

A rural community is shattered by a violent incursion, pushing a group of young people onto the road under urgent threat. They become caught in a wider struggle involving an articulated system of magic, looming malevolent forces, and competing powers.

A near-future urban world where immersive virtual systems, media feeds, and software-hacking reshape identity and embodiment.

A specialist reaches an isolated planet where a virus has wiped out most men and reshaped society; she must learn local ways of living and reckon with a community rebuilt around different social norms.