Speculative lit fic with trickstery, mischievous, folklore-ish vibes.
List created based on a rec request for "things that are like Treacle Walker, Among Others, and Mr. Fox"
created by hauntedtoasters
last updated November, 2026
Treacle Walker
Alan Garner
Among Others
Jo Walton
Mr. Fox
Helen Oyeyemi
Piranesi
Susanna Clarke
Mother Naked
Glen James Brown
Mischief Acts
Zoe Gilbert
Moon Over Brendle
Jeff Noon
Lanny
Max Porter
Or What You Will
Cobwebwalking
Sara Banerji
Zuleika Dobson
Max Beerbohm
The Melancholy of Untold History
Minsoo Kang
Redemption in Indigo
Karen Lord
Ring the Hill
Tom Cox
Folk
The Thirteenth Tale
Diane Setterfield
The Dark Is Rising
Susan Cooper
In Universes
Emet North
The Limits of Enchantment
Graham Joyce
Meet Me in Another Life
Catriona Silvey
In the Heart of Hidden Things (The Gyrford Series #1)
Kit Whitfield
Everything Will Swallow You
Mad Sisters of Esi
Tashan Mehta
Spellbook of the Lost and Found
Moïra Fowley-Doyle
Amatka
Karin Tidbeck
We Do Not Part
Han Kang
Bunny
Mona Awad
May We Feed the King
Rebecca Perry
Wise Creatures
Deirdre Sullivan
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Shirley Jackson
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