Books like Dreams and shadows by C. Robert Cargill

When ordinary Londoner Richard Mayhew rescues a bleeding stranger, he is thrust into London Below, a shadowy realm of monsters, angels, and underground society that forces him to fight for survival before he can return home.

A middle‑aged man returns to his childhood home, where memories of a magical girl and a mysterious farm haunt him, revealing a dark, supernatural mystery from his youth.

A continuation of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time series, The Great Hunt introduces the Horn of Valere and the quest to find it.

A modern coming‑of‑age fantasy that follows Quentin Coldwater as he discovers a secret college of magic and the darker truth behind his beloved fictional world, Fillory.

In the unforgettable Le Cirque des Rêves, two young magicians, Celia and Marco, are locked in a nocturnal duel of wonder and will—an impossible game where love and magic collide on a stage of breathtaking spectacle.

Neil Gaiman’s American Waters combines Americana, fantasy, and ancient and modern mythologies into a story of a mysterious traveler who awakens city‑wide enigmas and the timeless clash of gods.

Inspector Tyador Borlú journeys from Besźel to Ul Qoma to investigate the murder of a woman, navigating two distinct cities that both share one physical space yet have separate identities.

Inside a secret library run by a god‑like patriarch, orphaned apprentices must battle for control of humanity’s fate when their master disappears.

In modern‑day Moscow, a 1,000‑year‑old treaty between Light and Dark must be preserved by the rivals’ day and night watch while a powerful artifact is stolen, threatening the fragile balance.

In the second book of the Sharing Knife series, farmer‑girl Fawn Bluefield and Lakewalker soldier‑sorcerer Dag Redwing Hickory navigate prejudice and danger after their unexpected marriage, facing threats that could unite—or divide—two peoples.

A quest to retrieve an Orb, set against a backdrop of gods, kings, and magic, featuring an Imperial Princess and her sorcerer relatives on a dangerous mission.

A magical adventure in the city of Kalimpura, where a goddess's power is tested and a young woman must rescue two hostages.

A brass automaton, the Gage, and its mercenary owner race with a lone survivor of the Uthman Caliphate to deliver a vital message from Messaline’s greatest sorcerer to the Rajni of the Lotus Kingdom.

A magical adventure in California, where Kim Murray battles ghosts and murder to uncover the secrets of love and magic.

Lucy, trapped in the Faerieground, must be rescued by her best friend Soli, who uses a silver necklace to enter the Willow Forest and confront the dangers of the supernatural realm.

A chilling anthology by C. Robert Cargill that blends horror, fantasy, and dark humor—featuring demons, zombie dinosaurs, a triceratops‑ankylosaurus alliance, and a nightmarish world beneath a girl's bedroom.

"I very much need to be dead." These are the chilling last words left by a man who had everything to live for but took his own life. In the void that remains stands his widow, FBI agent Jane Hawk, surrounded by questions destined to go unanswered unless she does what all the grief and fury inside her demand: Find the truth, no matter what. People of talent and accomplishment, people seemingly happy and sound of mind, have recently been committing suicide in surprising numbers. A disturbing pattern is beginning to emerge. Jane is determined to give up everything to find out why. And if that means going rogue and becoming America's Most Wanted, then so be it. Those arrayed against her are legion, and devoted to protecting something profoundly important-or terrifying-enough to exterminate any and all in their way. But Jane is as clever as these enemies are cold-blooded, as relentless as they are ruthless. And she is driven by a righteous rage they can never comprehend. Because it is born of love.

The Rook, by Daniel O'Malley, blends science‑fiction, fantasy, and paranormal elements to craft a fresh speculative narrative that invites readers into an imaginative, genre‑crossing world.

Eleven‑year‑old Olive and her parents move into a Victorian mansion, where mysterious paintings, a temperamental nine‑year‑old, and three talking cats reveal a dark plan that blurs magic, time and space.

In the renewed kingdom of Coronnan, draconic magic is the only legal spell, yet a plague, a magic clash, and off‑world technology threaten its future.