“Piranesi” by Susanna Clarke (2020)

“When the Moon rose in the Third Northern Hall I went to the Ninth Vestiblue to witness the joining of three Tides.”

Genre is such a nebulous concept. Nothing is really one specific genre. The Lord of the Rings has a fantasy setting, but is a quest story. The Time Traveler’s Wife has science fiction elements, but is generally regarded as literary. Stephen King is so well known for horror that his other books that are more fantasy or science fiction will still be shoved in the Horror section of a...