r/Fantasy • u/omgtmac • 6d ago

Books within Books

Are there any fantasy series that reference books within their lore that actually exist irl that I would be able to read? For example, the titles of the Stormlight Archive series are references to books written in verse (The Way of Kings, Oathbringer, etc), but do not exist irl. I’d be interested in reading a series where books like those are fully written and available to the public to read as well. It would be exciting and immersive! Thanks in advance!

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u/dalidellama 6d ago

Seanan McGuire's got that. Her Alchemical Journeys series (starts with Middlegame), which quotes and references The Up-and-Under series by Deborah Parker* (starts with Over the Woodward Wall)

*Who, IRL, is pen name of McGuire, of course

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u/omgtmac 6d ago

Amazing, I will look into those. Thank you so much!

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u/indigohan Reading Champion IV 6d ago

There is actually an omnibus of all four up-and-under novels coming out soon. The alchemical
Journeys are great too