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Explore 24 books like Summerlong by Peter S. Beagle — a handpicked selection united by City Life, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Contemporary, and Fantasy.

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Handpicked for thematic and literary overlap — the best shelf companions to Summerlong.

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Themes: City Life • Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Fantasy

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Themes: City Life • Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Fantasy

Black Magic Sanction

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Themes: City Life • Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Contemporary

Open Throat

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Themes: City Life • Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Fantasy

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Themes: City Life • Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Literary

More Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up

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Themes: City Life • Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Contemporary

Lord of Darkness

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Themes: City Life • Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Literary

The City We Became

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Themes: City Life • Contemporary • Fantasy

The Water Cure

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Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Contemporary • Fantasy

#10

Wicked Volume One in the Wicked Years

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Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Contemporary • Fantasy

#11

Caul Baby A Novel

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Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Contemporary • Fantasy

#12

The Last Tale of the Flower Bride A Novel

Roshani Chokshi

Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Contemporary • Fantasy

#13

The Fiancée A Novel

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Themes: City Life • Contemporary • Fantasy

#14

V. A Novel

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Themes: City Life • Contemporary • Fantasy

#15

Bergdorf Blondes

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Themes: City Life • Contemporary • Fantasy

#16

A Traveller at the Gates of Wisdom

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Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Contemporary • Fantasy

#17

Another Life

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Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Contemporary • Fantasy

#18

The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break

Steven Sherrill

Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Contemporary • Fantasy

#19

Late in the Day A Novel

Tessa Hadley

Themes: City Life • Contemporary • Fantasy

#20

Thanks for the Memories A Novel

Cecelia Ahern

Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Contemporary • Fantasy

#21

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Themes: City Life • Contemporary • Fantasy

#22

American Gods A Novel

Neil Gaiman

Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Contemporary • Fantasy

#23

Orphia and Eurydicius

Elyse John

Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Contemporary • Fantasy

#24

Before Your Memory Fades

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Themes: City Life • Contemporary • Fantasy

If Summerlong by Peter S. Beagle is on your shelf, these 24 titles belong there too. Connected by City Life, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Contemporary and selected for literary and thematic overlap. Featuring work by Daniel Quinn, Gregory Maguire, Kim Harrison, Henry Hoke, and others.