I’m looking for stories where the main character is living a normal life and trying to keep some big secret from all the other characters, preferably supernatural or sci-fi. Maybe the character has a secret identity, or has superpowers. Maybe they have a traumatic past or is part werewolf.
I love the drama that comes from characters who hide a certain part of themselves to try to live normally.
Thanks!
by NerdOfZoology
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In Blacktongue Thief by Christopher Buehlman, the main character is charged with a secret on pain of death to him and his family if he spills the beans to his fellow adventurers.
The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson — Pretty sure this will fit you perfectly. It’s a dystopian sci-fi novel about a woman whose job is to jump to very similar parallel worlds to collect demographic data for a company. She’s been doing this job for seven years, and if she can make it another three she’ll become a citizen, with all the safety and security that brings. However, she has a secret that could ruin everything if it got out. Brilliantly written and a fascinating world.
The Traitor Baru Cormorant, but she’s hiding the secret from you too.
Yellowface, really good book and Really Big secret