Diana Wynne Jones is an author I’ll always recommend to ex-Gaiman fans. Try Howl’s Moving Castle, Cart and Cwidder, or Dogsbody.
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+1 for Diana Wynne Jones. Try Dark Lord of Derkholm.
Jasper Fforde. Start with The Eyre Affair or The Big Over Easy.
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Kage Baker. Peter Beagle.
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Maybe The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab?Piranesi by Susanna Clarke?
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Jim Hines
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Ilona Andrews Innkeeper Chronicles –A magic Inn, space werewolves and vampires, a lot of really unique aliens, mystery, romance, action, a fun and humorous series
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*The City We Became* by N. K. Jemisin
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Any particular tropes you like? Broad or micro genres you favor?
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T Kingfisher! Give Nettle and Bone a try. It’s inventive and funny and dark and deeply human. And unlike Gaiman, Kingfisher writes women, of all ages, well.
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Penric and Desdemona by Lois McMaster Bujold. They are novellas, but there’s around 15 of them.
Maybe not entirely whimsical, but Fox’s Tongue and Kirin’s Bone by Allison M. Kovacs has some fairytale aspects. I really liked the audiobook narration by Gary Furlong.
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Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series:
https://www.terrypratchettbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/DW-Reading-List-V5-Theme_Characters.pdf
Diana Wynne Jones is an author I’ll always recommend to ex-Gaiman fans. Try Howl’s Moving Castle, Cart and Cwidder, or Dogsbody.
+1 for Diana Wynne Jones. Try Dark Lord of Derkholm.
Jasper Fforde. Start with The Eyre Affair or The Big Over Easy.
Kage Baker. Peter Beagle.
Maybe The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab?Piranesi by Susanna Clarke?
Jim Hines
Ilona Andrews Innkeeper Chronicles –A magic Inn, space werewolves and vampires, a lot of really unique aliens, mystery, romance, action, a fun and humorous series
*The City We Became* by N. K. Jemisin
Any particular tropes you like? Broad or micro genres you favor?
T Kingfisher! Give Nettle and Bone a try. It’s inventive and funny and dark and deeply human. And unlike Gaiman, Kingfisher writes women, of all ages, well.
Penric and Desdemona by Lois McMaster Bujold. They are novellas, but there’s around 15 of them.
Maybe not entirely whimsical, but Fox’s Tongue and Kirin’s Bone by Allison M. Kovacs has some fairytale aspects. I really liked the audiobook narration by Gary Furlong.
Tress of the Emerald Sea might work.