Hi everyone, I would like to ask for help finding books with the same dreamy, mythic, melancholic vibe as The NeverEnding Story.
What I loved most was the atmosphere: surreal places like the Colored Sand Desert and the Southern Oracle/Sphinxes area locations that feel lonely, symbolic, dreamlike, and emotionally charged. I’m especially looking for fantasy where the world reflects the character’s inner journey.
Themes/vibes I’m looking for:
- personal growth and identity
- losing yourself and finding yourself again
- greed, emotional emptiness, transformation
- psychological/spiritual journeys
- surreal or onirical settings, ruins, deserts, labyrinths, impossible landscapes
Already read:
- The Hounds of the Morrigan
- Labyrinth novelization
- The Dark Crystal novelization
Would love recommendations 😄
by King-of-Dirt-23