I really love books like Night Circus and A Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern where the fantasy elements feel less epic/hard fantasy and more dreamy/mysterious. I also really like epics told over years/centuries with some speculative fiction elements like Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell. I want a romantic vibe (but not necessarily romance) with lush prose, and elements that might include dreams, destinies, intertwined spirits/souls, portals/new worlds, and found families. Yes, I’ve already read Piranesi and enjoyed it too
Other books I’ve 5-starred in the past few years include:
\-Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
\-The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
\-The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
\-Ten Thousand Doors of January and The Once and Future Witches by Alix Harrow
\-The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
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by Djeter998
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This Woven Kingdom by Tahereh Mafi
I like [The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22522805-the-buried-giant) for this vibe.
Midnight Children by Salman Rushdie
Have you read any Isabel Allende?
The Scent Keeper by by Erica Bauermeister.
“Emmeline lives on a remote island with her father, who teaches her about the natural world through her senses. What he won’t explain are the mysterious scents stored in glass bottles that line the walls of their cabin, or the origin of the machine that creates them. As Emmeline grows, however, so too does her curiosity, until one day the unforeseen happens, and Emmeline is vaulted out into the real world–a place of love, betrayal, ambition, and revenge. To understand her past, Emmeline must unlock the clues to her identity, a quest that challenges the limits of her heart and imagination.”