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Gaslamp

Aesthetic layering late-Victorian elegance with foggy cobblestone streets, dark gothic shadows, and industrial mystery.

The chill of gaslight on fog-slicked cobblestones, the scent of coal smoke and damp wool, and the thrill of industrial mystery lurking in shadowed alleyways. It's the allure of a world teetering between elegant society and encroaching, grimy modernity.

Books

Six of CrowsLeigh Bardugo
The Alloy of LawBrandon Sanderson
The Amulet of SamarkandJonathan Stroud
Shadows of SelfBrandon Sanderson
One Dark WindowRachel Gillig
The Hollow BoyJonathan Stroud
Perdido Street StationChina Miéville
Chain of GoldCassandra Clare
Blackwood FarmAnne Rice
The Golem's EyeJonathan Stroud
The Looking Glass WarsFrank Beddor
Thud!Terry Pratchett
A Great and Terrible BeautyLibba Bray
A Little HatredJoe Abercrombie
The PrestigeChristopher Priest
Clockwork PrinceCassandra Clare
KrakenChina Miéville
The Beetle: A MysteryRichard Marsh
Salt fish girlLarissa Lai
The Gilded WolvesRoshani Chokshi
Chain of IronCassandra Clare
Dark RiseC. S. Pacat
Whispers Under GroundBen Aaronovitch
Tell the wind and fireSarah Rees Brennan
77 Shadow StreetDean Koontz
The Wisteria Society of Lady ScoundrelsIndia Holton
The Death of the NecromancerMartha Wells
Lives of the monster dogsKirsten Bakis
Night MasksR. A. Salvatore
Mairelon the MagicianPatricia C. Wrede
Bring the JubileeWard Moore
KatieMichael McDowell
BlamelessGail Carriger
New AmsterdamElizabeth Bear
The women in the wallsAmy Lukavics
Wicked GentlemenGinn Hale
A Madness Of Angels: Or The Resurrection of Matthew SwiftKate Griffin
Magician's WardPatricia C. Wrede
The Impossible Lives of Greta WellsAndrew Sean Greer
The beautiful onesSilvia Moreno-Garcia
The Disappearance of Winter's DaughterMichael J. Sullivan
The last American vampireSeth Grahame-Smith
SpellboundLarry Correia
Morlock NightK. W. Jeter
The Holmes-Dracula FileFred Saberhagen
The Overman cultureEdmund Cooper
The age of witchesLouisa Morgan
The chess queen enigmaColleen Gleason
Creatures of will and temperMolly Tanzer
The Ghost WriterJohn Harwood
The Isle of BloodRick Yancey
Romancing the InventorGail Carriger
A Brightness Long AgoGuy Gavriel Kay
MayhemSarah Pinborough
Dracula UnboundBrian W. Aldiss
Beastly bonesWilliam Ritter
The Notting Hill MysteryCharles Warren Adams
Writ in BloodChelsea Quinn Yarbro
A study in brimstoneG. S. Denning
Lucy UndyingKiersten White

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