fiction with footnotes

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created by moss-mylk

last updated August, 2025

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Nevernight (The Nevernight Chronicle, #1)

Nevernight (The Nevernight Chronicle, #1)

Jay Kristoff

Starling House

Starling House

Alix E. Harrow

Chain-Gang All-Stars

Chain-Gang All-Stars

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

Susanna Clarke

Mad Sisters of Esi

Mad Sisters of Esi

Tashan Mehta

Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales (Emily Wilde, #3)

Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales (Emily Wilde, #3)

Heather Fawcett

A Thousand Steps into Night

A Thousand Steps into Night

Traci Chee

Emily Wildeā€™s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2)

Emily Wildeā€™s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2)

Heather Fawcett

Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)

Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)

Heather Fawcett

Babel

Babel

R.F. Kuang

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baileyisbooked's avatar

Chain-Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah!

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moss-mylk's avatar

Iā€™ll happily take recommendations btw!!

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lotty's avatar

Starling House by Alix E. Harrow - the first fiction i've personally read with footnotes and it's such a cool experience šŸ˜Ž

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leitmotif's avatar

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell: Susanna Clarke

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moss-mylk's avatar

Oooh thank you!!

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crybabybea's avatar

not to keep bringing up Mad Sisters of Esi but... Mad Sisters of Esi

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moss-mylk's avatar

HAHAHAh this made me grin. Please bring it up as much as you want. Adding it now! Also this makes me want to read it all the more!

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ayzrules's avatar

Ahh what a cool idea! The Bartimaeus trilogy by Jonathan Stroud uses tons of footnotes haha

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jslynschapterverse's avatar

Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

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notbillnye's avatar

Nevernight by Jay Kristoff also fits this theme! I love it!

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Piranesi's avatar

Love! Would add the short story ā€œThe Hoegbotton Guide to the Early History of the City of Ambergrisā€ (from Jeff Vandermeerā€™s ā€œCity of Saints and Madmenā€).

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Piranesi's avatar

+ ā€œThe Invention of Morelā€

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jordynreads's avatar

Not at all the vibe of anything else on this list, but Daisy Haites has footnotes šŸ˜­

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moss-mylk's avatar

Ill have a look at these soon i promise <3

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theodenreads's avatar

The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons!!!

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Siavahda's avatar

Saint Death's Daughter (and the sequel, Saint Death's Herald) by CSE Cooney!

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