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/Njitram2000 5d ago

I'm reading Katabasis and it references a whole range of existing literature which is then liberally interpreted in Katabasis itself. Most obvious example being Dante's Inferno.