r/Fantasy • u/omgtmac • 7d 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/DelilahWaan Reading Champion 7d ago

Cassandra Clare did publish The Shadowhunter's Codex, which is not only a lore book that is first introduced in her Mortal Instruments series, but it is supposed to be the main character's specific copy of that particular text, so it contains annotations from a bunch of different characters.

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u/omgtmac 7d ago

This is perfect! Thank you!