Creature Court Reading List

I was recently asked about books that influenced/inspired the Creature Court trilogy, currently crowdfunding on Kickstarter.

Here’s the Twitter thread where I expanded on the books at length: The Great Creature Court Reading List.

COURT FANTASY

Melusine, by Sarah Monette (and the rest of the Doctrine of the Labyrinth)

The Black Jewels Trilogy, by Anne Bishop

Kushiel’s Dart, by Jacqueline Carey

The Green Lion Trilogy & The Queen’s Necklace, by Teresa Edgerton

Daughter, Mistress & Servant of the Empire, by Raymond E Feist & Janny Wurts

Blood and Honour, by Simon R Green

ROARING TWENTIES

Vile Bodies, by Evelyn Waugh

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, by Anita Loos

The Mitford Girls: The Biography of an Extraordinary Family, by Mary S Lovell

The Diviners, by Libba Bray

The Girls at the Kingfisher Club, by Genevieve Valentine

ANCIENT ROME

The Fasti, by Ovid

Masters of Rome series, by Colleen McCullough

The Silver Pigs & rest of the Falco series, by Lindsey Davis

The Course of Honour, by Lindsey Davis

I, Claudia series, by Marilyn Todd

The Roman Mysteries, by Caroline Lawrence

Romanitas, by Sophia McDougall

Lavinia, by Ursula K Le Guin

THEATRE

Tipping the Velvet, by Sarah Waters

Wise Children, by Angela Carter

Masks and Shadows, by Stephanie Burgis

Pantomime, by Laura Lam

Eyes Like Stars, by Lisa Mantchev

Tam Lin, by Pamela Dean

Goodbye to Berlin, by Christopher Isherwood

Maskerade, by Terry Pratchett