Fantasy
Piranesi
A man lives contentedly in an endless house of marble halls, statues and tides, until signs of another presence begin to unsettle his world.
Curated list · 6 books
Books to Disappear Into
Six novels with a world so complete you will forget the hour.
Turn off notifications, pour something warm. These are books that reward being read in large, uninterrupted stretches.
Fantasy
Circe
Exiled to a remote island, the witch of Greek myth hones her craft and her will, and crosses paths with gods, monsters and heroes.
Fantasy
The Night Circus
A black-and-white circus appears without warning, the stage for a duel between two young magicians who do not know the rules.
Fantasy
The Hobbit
A comfort-loving hobbit is swept into a quest with thirteen dwarves to reclaim a treasure guarded by a dragon.
Historical Fiction
A Gentleman in Moscow
Sentenced to house arrest in a grand Moscow hotel in 1922, Count Rostov finds an entire world within its walls.
Historical Fiction
The Name of the Rose
In 1327, a Franciscan friar and his young novice investigate a string of deaths in a secretive Italian abbey with a labyrinthine library.