🏙️ Tower City

Speculative or fantastical settings where civilization is organized vertically — towering structures that contain entire societies, economies, and power hierarchies. Architecture becomes destiny in these vividly imagined worlds.

The Girl Who Dared to Descend

by Bella Forrest • 2017

Kidnapped and facing a deadly tournament, Liana must hide the AI living inside her boyfriend's body.

4.28

5k+

⚔️ Deadly Tournament 🤖 Sentient Ai 👑 Reluctant Leader

The Girl Who Dared to Descend 88%

Kidnapped and facing a deadly tournament, Liana must hide the AI living inside her boyfriend's body.

by Bella Forrest 2017

4.28

5k+ ratings

⚔️ Deadly Tournament 🤖 Sentient Ai 👑 Reluctant Leader

The Fall of Babel

by Josiah Bancroft • 2021

Babel crumbles. Nebos is not a paradise. It is an ark, waiting to sail the stars.

4.00

9k+

🖋️ Literary Fantasy 🗼 Tower World 🫂 Found Family

The Fall of Babel 88%

Babel crumbles. Nebos is not a paradise. It is an ark, waiting to sail the stars.

by Josiah Bancroft 2021

4.00

9k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Fantasy 🗼 Tower World 🫂 Found Family

The Girl Who Dared to Rise

by Bella Forrest • 2017

Accused of murder, hunted by a machine, trapped in a deadly tournament.

4.34

5k+

🏙️ Tower Dystopia 🤖 Sentient Ai ⚔️ Deadly Tournament

The Girl Who Dared to Rise 88%

Accused of murder, hunted by a machine, trapped in a deadly tournament.

by Bella Forrest 2017

4.34

5k+ ratings

🏙️ Tower Dystopia 🤖 Sentient Ai ⚔️ Deadly Tournament

The Girl Who Dared to Fight

by Bella Forrest • 2018

When an immortal founder seizes the Tower to purge thousands, one trapped Champion must stop him.

4.27

4k+

🏴 Dystopian Rebellion 🤖 Ai Governed Society 💛 Found Family

The Girl Who Dared to Fight 87%

When an immortal founder seizes the Tower to purge thousands, one trapped Champion must stop him.

by Bella Forrest 2018

4.27

4k+ ratings

🏴 Dystopian Rebellion 🤖 Ai Governed Society 💛 Found Family

Against the smart city

by Adam Greenfield • 2013

Smart cities sell efficiency but deliver surveillance. The real operating system is people.

3.96

132

🏙️ Smart Cities 📐 Urban Planning 🔬 Technological Critique

Against the smart city 87%

Smart cities sell efficiency but deliver surveillance. The real operating system is people.

by Adam Greenfield 2013

3.96

132 ratings

🏙️ Smart Cities 📐 Urban Planning 🔬 Technological Critique

The Girl Who Dared to Stand

by Bella Forrest • 2017

In an AI-run tower, a fugitive uncovers the machine's kinder prototype and a founding murder.

4.27

6k+

🏢 Dystopian Tower 🤝 Found Family ⚔️ Ragtag Rebels

The Girl Who Dared to Stand 87%

In an AI-run tower, a fugitive uncovers the machine's kinder prototype and a founding murder.

by Bella Forrest 2017

4.27

6k+ ratings

🏢 Dystopian Tower 🤝 Found Family ⚔️ Ragtag Rebels

Senlin Ascends

by Josiah Bancroft • 2013

When his wife vanishes at the Tower of Babel, a schoolmaster must brave its perilous ringdoms.

4.11

34k+

🕯️ Gaslamp Fantasy ⚙️ Steampunk Fantasy 🫂 Found Family

Senlin Ascends 87%

When his wife vanishes at the Tower of Babel, a schoolmaster must brave its perilous ringdoms.

by Josiah Bancroft 2013

4.11

34k+ ratings

🕯️ Gaslamp Fantasy ⚙️ Steampunk Fantasy 🫂 Found Family

The Edifice Complex

by Deyan Sudjic • 2006

From Hitler's Reich Chancellery to the Bilbao Guggenheim, what monuments are really for.

3.8

380

🏛️ Architecture And Power 🧠 Political Psychology ⭐ Starchitecture

The Edifice Complex 87%

From Hitler's Reich Chancellery to the Bilbao Guggenheim, what monuments are really for.

by Deyan Sudjic 2006

3.8

380 ratings

🏛️ Architecture And Power 🧠 Political Psychology ⭐ Starchitecture

The Girl Who Dared to Lead

by Bella Forrest • 2018

Her mother murdered, a new champion hunts a face-stealing conspiracy inside a sealed tower.

4.29

5k+

🏙️ Tower Dystopia ⚔️ Reluctant Leader 👥 Found Family

The Girl Who Dared to Lead 87%

Her mother murdered, a new champion hunts a face-stealing conspiracy inside a sealed tower.

by Bella Forrest 2018

4.29

5k+ ratings

🏙️ Tower Dystopia ⚔️ Reluctant Leader 👥 Found Family

The Smart Enough City

by Ben Green • 2019

Smart cities dress up political problems as engineering ones. The fix is governance, not gadgets.

4.12

208

🏙️ Smart Cities 🏛️ Urban Policy 💻 Technology Criticism

The Smart Enough City 87%

Smart cities dress up political problems as engineering ones. The fix is governance, not gadgets.

by Ben Green 2019

4.12

208 ratings

🏙️ Smart Cities 🏛️ Urban Policy 💻 Technology Criticism

Guards! Guards!

by Terry Pratchett • 1989

A dragon is burning Ankh-Morpork, and the drunk, demoralized Night Watch is the city's only hope.

4.34

239k+

🤣 Comic Fantasy 🛡️ City Watch Fantasy 🇬🇧 British Humor

Guards! Guards! 86%

A dragon is burning Ankh-Morpork, and the drunk, demoralized Night Watch is the city's only hope.

by Terry Pratchett 1989

4.34

239k+ ratings

🤣 Comic Fantasy 🛡️ City Watch Fantasy 🇬🇧 British Humor

Uses of Disorder

by Richard Sennett • 1970

The young craving for purity is architecting our cities into sterile, segregated cages.

3.88

258

🏙️ Urban Sociology 🧩 Identity Formation 🚧 Social Segregation

Uses of Disorder 86%

The young craving for purity is architecting our cities into sterile, segregated cages.

by Richard Sennett 1970

3.88

258 ratings

🏙️ Urban Sociology 🧩 Identity Formation 🚧 Social Segregation

The Girl Who Dared to Think

by Bella Forrest • 2017

A Squire marked for deletion swallows a forbidden pill, joining a fugitive to trick the Tower's AI.

4.23

9k+

🏷️ Ranking Dystopia ❤️ Enemies To Lovers 👪 Found Family

The Girl Who Dared to Think 86%

A Squire marked for deletion swallows a forbidden pill, joining a fugitive to trick the Tower's AI.

by Bella Forrest 2017

4.23

9k+ ratings

🏷️ Ranking Dystopia ❤️ Enemies To Lovers 👪 Found Family

Rhythm of War

by Brandon Sanderson • 2020

An enemy god seizes the ancient tower stronghold with a shattered knight trapped inside.

4.58

247k+

🩹 Trauma Recovery ⚖️ Wartime Ethics 🤝 Diplomatic Quest

Rhythm of War 86%

An enemy god seizes the ancient tower stronghold with a shattered knight trapped inside.

by Brandon Sanderson 2020

4.58

247k+ ratings

🩹 Trauma Recovery ⚖️ Wartime Ethics 🤝 Diplomatic Quest

Building and Dwelling

by Richard Sennett • 2018

A city is two things: physical form and lived experience. Ethical design puts the second first.

4.02

983

🏙️ Urban Design 👥 Urban Sociology 🏛️ Ethics Of Place

Building and Dwelling 86%

A city is two things: physical form and lived experience. Ethical design puts the second first.

by Richard Sennett 2018

4.02

983 ratings

🏙️ Urban Design 👥 Urban Sociology 🏛️ Ethics Of Place

Battle Ground

by Jim Butcher • 2020

Chicago faces a Titan with a city-killing weapon. One wizard has one night to stop her.

4.43

50k+

🕵️ Wizard Noir 🏙️ City Under Siege 🖤 Found Family

Battle Ground 86%

Chicago faces a Titan with a city-killing weapon. One wizard has one night to stop her.

by Jim Butcher 2020

4.43

50k+ ratings

🕵️ Wizard Noir 🏙️ City Under Siege 🖤 Found Family

Triumph of the City

by Edward L. Glaeser • 2011

Poverty flocks to cities because cities are the escape route. The economic case for density.

3.91

6k+

🏙️ Urban Economics 🏗️ City Planning 🏘️ Urban Density

Triumph of the City 86%

Poverty flocks to cities because cities are the escape route. The economic case for density.

by Edward L. Glaeser 2011

3.91

6k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Economics 🏗️ City Planning 🏘️ Urban Density

The Diamond Age

by Neal Stephenson • 1995

A stolen, sentient primer teaches a poor girl to read, then to lead an army.

4.16

94k+

📖 Sentient Book 🤱 Surrogate Mother 👑 Child Leader

The Diamond Age 86%

A stolen, sentient primer teaches a poor girl to read, then to lead an army.

by Neal Stephenson 1995

4.16

94k+ ratings

📖 Sentient Book 🤱 Surrogate Mother 👑 Child Leader

Urban Acupuncture

by Jaime Lerner • 2003

Fast, precise interventions where a city hurts trigger chain reactions no master plan ever could.

3.66

490

🏙️ Urban Design ⚡ Tactical Urbanism 🌳 Public Space

Urban Acupuncture 86%

Fast, precise interventions where a city hurts trigger chain reactions no master plan ever could.

by Jaime Lerner 2003

3.66

490 ratings

🏙️ Urban Design ⚡ Tactical Urbanism 🌳 Public Space

The City & the City

by China Miéville • 2009

A detective's murder case forces him to see the city his people must ignore.

3.90

80k+

👮 Police Procedural 🕵️ Noir Detective 🏙️ Overlapping Cities

The City & the City 86%

A detective's murder case forces him to see the city his people must ignore.

by China Miéville 2009

3.90

80k+ ratings

👮 Police Procedural 🕵️ Noir Detective 🏙️ Overlapping Cities

The Infernal City

by Greg Keyes • 2009

A floating city devours souls. Its newest kitchen recruit: an alchemist who refuses to serve.

3.49

5k+

🎮 Video Game Tie-In 🏙️ Floating City 🖤 Soul Magic

The Infernal City 86%

A floating city devours souls. Its newest kitchen recruit: an alchemist who refuses to serve.

by Greg Keyes 2009

3.49

5k+ ratings

🎮 Video Game Tie-In 🏙️ Floating City 🖤 Soul Magic

The Scar

by China Miéville • 2002

Pirates capture a linguist and take her to a floating city chasing a tear in reality.

4.19

35k+

🏴‍☠️ Floating City 🌊 Nautical Fantasy 🦴 Body Horror

The Scar 86%

Pirates capture a linguist and take her to a floating city chasing a tear in reality.

by China Miéville 2002

4.19

35k+ ratings

🏴‍☠️ Floating City 🌊 Nautical Fantasy 🦴 Body Horror

On Power

by Robert A. Caro • 2017

How one man built a financial empire inside the government and became untouchable.

3.95

1k+

🏙️ Urban Planning 🏛️ Political Power 🗳️ Machine Politics

On Power 86%

How one man built a financial empire inside the government and became untouchable.

by Robert A. Caro 2017

3.95

1k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Planning 🏛️ Political Power 🗳️ Machine Politics

Radical Cities

by Justin McGuirk • 2014

The slums and squatter towers of Latin America are the world's most daring urban experiments.

4.27

434

🏚️ Informal Settlements ✊ Activist Architecture 🌎 Latin American Cities

Radical Cities 86%

The slums and squatter towers of Latin America are the world's most daring urban experiments.

by Justin McGuirk 2014

4.27

434 ratings

🏚️ Informal Settlements ✊ Activist Architecture 🌎 Latin American Cities

The Rise of the Creative Class

by Richard Florida • 2004

Jobs once followed factories. Now a class of creatives clusters in the most tolerant cities.

3.68

3k+

🏙️ Urban Economics 🎨 Creative Industries 🧠 Knowledge Work

The Rise of the Creative Class 86%

Jobs once followed factories. Now a class of creatives clusters in the most tolerant cities.

by Richard Florida 2004

3.68

3k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Economics 🎨 Creative Industries 🧠 Knowledge Work

Smart Cities

by Anthony M. Townsend • 2013

Corporations are selling smart cities. A movement of civic hackers has a better blueprint.

3.61

817

🏙️ Urban Technology 🔌 Digital Infrastructure 🗳️ Civic Technology

Smart Cities 86%

Corporations are selling smart cities. A movement of civic hackers has a better blueprint.

by Anthony M. Townsend 2013

3.61

817 ratings

🏙️ Urban Technology 🔌 Digital Infrastructure 🗳️ Civic Technology

The Alloy of Law

by Brandon Sanderson • 2011

A gunslinging lord must hunt a phantom gang that stole his fiancée from a wedding dinner.

4.19

294k+

🚂 Flintlock Fantasy 🎩 Reluctant Nobleman 🤠 Buddy Adventure

The Alloy of Law 86%

A gunslinging lord must hunt a phantom gang that stole his fiancée from a wedding dinner.

by Brandon Sanderson 2011

4.19

294k+ ratings

🚂 Flintlock Fantasy 🎩 Reluctant Nobleman 🤠 Buddy Adventure

The Option of Urbanism

by Christopher B. Leinberger • 2007

America's car suburbs were built by policy, not consumer choice. The market now wants the opposite.

3.89

185

🏙️ Urban Planning 🏘️ Sprawl 🏗️ New Urbanism

The Option of Urbanism 86%

America's car suburbs were built by policy, not consumer choice. The market now wants the opposite.

by Christopher B. Leinberger 2007

3.89

185 ratings

🏙️ Urban Planning 🏘️ Sprawl 🏗️ New Urbanism

Road to Nowhere

by Paris Marx • 2022

The tech-driven transportation future is a dead end. The real fix: fewer cars, better transit.

4.16

643

🚗 Car Culture 🏙️ Urban Planning 💻 Techno-Solutionism

Road to Nowhere 86%

The tech-driven transportation future is a dead end. The real fix: fewer cars, better transit.

by Paris Marx 2022

4.16

643 ratings

🚗 Car Culture 🏙️ Urban Planning 💻 Techno-Solutionism

The Flaw in All Magic

by Ben S. Dobson • 2017

An expelled scholar without magic returns to campus: someone has died inside an impenetrable ward.

4.11

3k+

🔍 Magical Whodunit ⚙️ Steampunk Fantasy 🧠 Magicless Hero

The Flaw in All Magic 86%

An expelled scholar without magic returns to campus: someone has died inside an impenetrable ward.

by Ben S. Dobson 2017

4.11

3k+ ratings

🔍 Magical Whodunit ⚙️ Steampunk Fantasy 🧠 Magicless Hero

Kraken

by China Miéville • 2010

His stolen giant squid drags a museum curator into London's hidden war over gods and reality.

3.62

29k+

🏙️ Hidden Magical London 🦑 Lovecraftian Fantasy 🔮 Doomsday Cult

Kraken 86%

His stolen giant squid drags a museum curator into London's hidden war over gods and reality.

by China Miéville 2010

3.62

29k+ ratings

🏙️ Hidden Magical London 🦑 Lovecraftian Fantasy 🔮 Doomsday Cult

Darien

by C.F. Iggulden • 2017

A hunter's bargain, a golem's secret, and a woman's rage collide in Darien's fall to fire and iron.

3.88

5k+

🏙️ Fantasy City-State 🗡️ Reluctant Assassin 🚫 Magic Nullifier

Darien 86%

A hunter's bargain, a golem's secret, and a woman's rage collide in Darien's fall to fire and iron.

by C.F. Iggulden 2017

3.88

5k+ ratings

🏙️ Fantasy City-State 🗡️ Reluctant Assassin 🚫 Magic Nullifier

The Gunslinger

by Stephen King • 1982

A gunslinger tracks a dark sorcerer through a dead world toward the tower binding all creation.

3.91

669k+

🤠 Weird Western 🏜️ Desert Wasteland 🎯 Obsessive Quest

The Gunslinger 86%

A gunslinger tracks a dark sorcerer through a dead world toward the tower binding all creation.

by Stephen King 1982

3.91

669k+ ratings

🤠 Weird Western 🏜️ Desert Wasteland 🎯 Obsessive Quest

Vital Little Plans

by Jane Jacobs • 2016

Top-down planning kills cities. The sidewalk sees what the drafting table never will.

4.21

186

🏙️ Urban Vitality 🚶 Walkable Cities 🏪 Mixed-Use Development

Vital Little Plans 86%

Top-down planning kills cities. The sidewalk sees what the drafting table never will.

by Jane Jacobs 2016

4.21

186 ratings

🏙️ Urban Vitality 🚶 Walkable Cities 🏪 Mixed-Use Development

Networks of New York

by Ingrid Burrington • 2016

Orange lines on the pavement mark fiber-optic cables: a field guide to the visible internet.

3.80

232

🏙️ Urban Infrastructure 🌐 Network Infrastructure 📖 Visual Field Guides

Networks of New York 86%

Orange lines on the pavement mark fiber-optic cables: a field guide to the visible internet.

by Ingrid Burrington 2016

3.80

232 ratings

🏙️ Urban Infrastructure 🌐 Network Infrastructure 📖 Visual Field Guides

Chien 51

by Laurent Gaudé • 2022

A refugee cop in a corporate megacity hunts a killer through zones of privilege and ruin.

3.64

2k+

🖤 Dystopian Noir 💼 Corporate Dystopia 👥 Reluctant Partners

Chien 51 86%

A refugee cop in a corporate megacity hunts a killer through zones of privilege and ruin.

by Laurent Gaudé 2022

3.64

2k+ ratings

🖤 Dystopian Noir 💼 Corporate Dystopia 👥 Reluctant Partners

Extrastatecraft

by Keller Easterling • 2014

Free zones and broadband cables don't just move goods. They rewrite who governs the world.

3.68

410

🏗️ Infrastructure Politics 📐 Architectural Theory 🌍 Global Urbanism

Extrastatecraft 86%

Free zones and broadband cables don't just move goods. They rewrite who governs the world.

by Keller Easterling 2014

3.68

410 ratings

🏗️ Infrastructure Politics 📐 Architectural Theory 🌍 Global Urbanism

The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces

by William H. Whyte • 1980

A decade of time-lapse footage on New York plazas upended every assumption about what draws a crowd.

4.33

927

🏙️ Public Space 🚶 Street Life 🏘️ Human-Scale Urbanism

The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces Summary

The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces 86%

A decade of time-lapse footage on New York plazas upended every assumption about what draws a crowd.

by William H. Whyte 1980

4.33

927 ratings

🏙️ Public Space 🚶 Street Life 🏘️ Human-Scale Urbanism

A Drop of Corruption

by Robert Jackson Bennett • 2025

A memory-augmented sleuth pursues an impossible locked-room killer in a city of leviathans and lies.

4.47

50k+

🔒 Locked-Room Mystery 🔍 Fantasy Detective 🕵️ Sherlockian Duo

A Drop of Corruption 85%

A memory-augmented sleuth pursues an impossible locked-room killer in a city of leviathans and lies.

by Robert Jackson Bennett 2025

4.47

50k+ ratings

🔒 Locked-Room Mystery 🔍 Fantasy Detective 🕵️ Sherlockian Duo

An Inheritance of Magic

by Benedict Jacka • 2023

An outsider's hidden magical talent makes him a pawn in a ruthless family's war for supremacy.

4.09

5k+

🪙 Magical Economics 🧥 Outsider Hero 👑 Family Power Plays

An Inheritance of Magic 85%

An outsider's hidden magical talent makes him a pawn in a ruthless family's war for supremacy.

by Benedict Jacka 2023

4.09

5k+ ratings

🪙 Magical Economics 🧥 Outsider Hero 👑 Family Power Plays

Piranesi

by Susanna Clarke • 2020

His home is an infinite house of tides and statues. His name is not his own.

4.21

501k+

🌀 Gothic Labyrinth 🏛️ Sentient Architecture 🎭 Lost Identity

Piranesi 85%

His home is an infinite house of tides and statues. His name is not his own.

by Susanna Clarke 2020

4.21

501k+ ratings

🌀 Gothic Labyrinth 🏛️ Sentient Architecture 🎭 Lost Identity

The Death and Life of Great American Cities

by Jane Jacobs • 1961

Slums with low crime and safe sidewalks: the invisible logic cities follow when planners look away.

4.29

20k+

🏙️ Urban Planning 🏚️ Urban Renewal 🚶 Street Life

The Death and Life of Great American Cities Summary

The Death and Life of Great American Cities 85%

Slums with low crime and safe sidewalks: the invisible logic cities follow when planners look away.

by Jane Jacobs 1961

4.29

20k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Planning 🏚️ Urban Renewal 🚶 Street Life

The Midnight Charter

by David Whitley • 1996

In a city that trades everything, two servant children are chosen to judge its fate.

3.44

652

🏙️ Dystopian City 🧒 Orphan Heroes 🤝 Unlikely Friendship

The Midnight Charter 85%

In a city that trades everything, two servant children are chosen to judge its fate.

by David Whitley 1996

3.44

652 ratings

🏙️ Dystopian City 🧒 Orphan Heroes 🤝 Unlikely Friendship

City of Stairs

by Robert Jackson Bennett • 2014

A spy investigates a murdered historian in a city where dead gods are reawakening.

4.10

41k+

🏚️ Fallen Gods 🌍 Post-Colonial Fantasy 🚪 Hidden City

City of Stairs 85%

A spy investigates a murdered historian in a city where dead gods are reawakening.

by Robert Jackson Bennett 2014

4.10

41k+ ratings

🏚️ Fallen Gods 🌍 Post-Colonial Fantasy 🚪 Hidden City

Engineering in Plain Sight

by Grady Hillhouse • 2022

An illustrated field guide to the engineering secrets embedded in every street, pole, and bridge.

4.20

856

🏗️ Civil Engineering 🏙️ Built Environment ⚡ Infrastructure

Engineering in Plain Sight 85%

An illustrated field guide to the engineering secrets embedded in every street, pole, and bridge.

by Grady Hillhouse 2022

4.20

856 ratings

🏗️ Civil Engineering 🏙️ Built Environment ⚡ Infrastructure

Curbing Traffic

by Melissa Bruntlett • 2021

Dutch cities prove removing cars heals loneliness, restores childhood, and makes everyone richer.

4.38

633

🏛️ Urban Policy 🏗️ Urban Design 🚗 Car Dependency

Curbing Traffic 85%

Dutch cities prove removing cars heals loneliness, restores childhood, and makes everyone richer.

by Melissa Bruntlett 2021

4.38

633 ratings

🏛️ Urban Policy 🏗️ Urban Design 🚗 Car Dependency

Flesh and Stone

by Richard Sennett • 1996

Why Western cities silence the body, and how the body fights back in stone.

4.28

541

🏙️ Urban History 🧬 History Of The Body 🏛️ Architectural Theory

Flesh and Stone 85%

Why Western cities silence the body, and how the body fights back in stone.

by Richard Sennett 1996

4.28

541 ratings

🏙️ Urban History 🧬 History Of The Body 🏛️ Architectural Theory

Happy City

by Charles Montgomery • 2012

Sprawl isolates and exhausts. The evidence for repairing cities around human connection and joy.

4.36

10k+

🏙️ New Urbanism 🚶 Walkable Cities 🧠 Urban Psychology

Happy City 85%

Sprawl isolates and exhausts. The evidence for repairing cities around human connection and joy.

by Charles Montgomery 2012

4.36

10k+ ratings

🏙️ New Urbanism 🚶 Walkable Cities 🧠 Urban Psychology

Metro 2033

by Dmitry Glukhovsky • 2013

To stop the creatures menacing his home, a young man journeys through the haunted Moscow metro.

4.03

78k+

🌃 Russian Dystopia ☢️ Nuclear Winter 🚇 Underground City

Metro 2033 85%

To stop the creatures menacing his home, a young man journeys through the haunted Moscow metro.

by Dmitry Glukhovsky 2013

4.03

78k+ ratings

🌃 Russian Dystopia ☢️ Nuclear Winter 🚇 Underground City

The Library at Mount Char

by Scott Hawkins • 2015

Father's disappearance locks the Library. Its only key is an outsider who doesn't believe in magic.

4.06

82k+

🌌 Cosmic Horror 📚 Dark Academia 🏘️ Suburban Horror

The Library at Mount Char 85%

Father's disappearance locks the Library. Its only key is an outsider who doesn't believe in magic.

by Scott Hawkins 2015

4.06

82k+ ratings

🌌 Cosmic Horror 📚 Dark Academia 🏘️ Suburban Horror

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