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Books like Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke: what to read next, and why.
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Piranesi
Same author, a much shorter and stranger book with the same unusual, elegant approach to magic.
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Good Omens
Another very English, comic take on the supernatural, though brisk and playful rather than stately.
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Pride and Prejudice
The era's original social comedy, which this book gently echoes in its manners and dry humour.