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1 Older Than You Are Water, Water Everywhere What’s Yours is Mine Family Drama It Takes Two
2 New Release Plays With Words Independent Author Bookception Disability Representation
3 Eazy, Breazy, Read-zie Stranger in a Strange Land One Less There is Another... LGBTQIA+ Lead
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[–] JaymesRS@literature.cafe 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It's a Holiday:

Takes place during a specific holiday, which is significant to the plot. HARD MODE: Not Christmas, a fictional variation of Christmas, or other winter festival.

[–] JaymesRS@literature.cafe 1 points 1 year ago
  • Hogfather by Terry Pratchett
  • Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie
  • We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
  • V for Vendetta by Alan Moore
  • Walpurgisnacht by Gustav Meyrink, Mike Mitchell
  • A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny
[–] JaymesRS@literature.cafe 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It Takes Two:

Written by two or more authors. HARD MODE: Written by three or more authors.

[–] JaymesRS@literature.cafe 1 points 1 year ago
  • This Is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohta
  • Good Omens by Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman
  • Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey (Corey is a pseudonym for the team of Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck)
[–] JaymesRS@literature.cafe 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There Is Another…:

Not the first in a series. HARD MODE: Series has 5 or more entries.

[–] JaymesRS@literature.cafe 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

ALT - Pseudonymous Work

Published under a pen name. HARD MODE: The author generally never writes under their own name.

[–] JaymesRS@literature.cafe 1 points 1 year ago
  • Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey
  • A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court by Mark Twain
  • Swordheart by T. Kingfisher
  • A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark
  • Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb
  • The Beast Master by Andre Norton
  • Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré
[–] JaymesRS@literature.cafe 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

ALT - A Change in Perspective

Written in third-person perspective. HARD MODE: Second-person perspective.

[–] JaymesRS@literature.cafe 1 points 1 year ago
  • This Is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar
  • The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
  • The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
  • Space Vampire (Choose Your Own Adventure #9) by Edward Packard
[–] JaymesRS@literature.cafe 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

It’s About Time:

The passage or manipulation of time is a major theme or plot driver. HARD MODE: Backward in time, not forward.

[–] JaymesRS@literature.cafe 1 points 1 year ago
  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
  • This Is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar
  • 11/22/63 by Stephen King
  • The Man Who Folded Himself by David Gerrold
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[–] JaymesRS@literature.cafe 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Water, Water Everywhere

The title refers to some form or body of water. HARD MODE: Not liquid water.

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