Recs if you like Eight Days of Luke...

Norse mythology and the books that were inspired by it.

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