Recs if you like Fire and Hemlock...

Standalone fantasy books that won't make you invest your life in a dozen installments

Books where memories are lost, gained, preserved, encountered, or otherwise altered through means that are not of this world. Work in progress, suggestions always welcome!

The legend that never stopped being told. From medieval romances to modern retellings, these are the stories of knights, quests and camelot dreams that keep pulling you back to the round table.

Books that were featured on an episode of Backlisted.

This is based on a lot of best list researching and only some of my own opinions. It is mostly a wish to read list. Please add your best lady writer picks so we can all have an army of lady writers to recommend to each other and celebrate!

epic world building. stunning characterization. gender fuckery. toxic mentors. prolific writing. so much damn creative magic. and it wouldn't be 80's-90's lit without some problematic age gap romances. and she's white and from the uk so u know there's that out-of-nowhere unchallenged racism and orientalism. and ofc rampant fatphobia. lots and lots of caveats as tends to be the case. u know her u love her it's DWJJJJJ

the entire Diana Wynne Jones bibliography (more or less) : 1970-2014

I own too many books