Fantasies in the not so very distant past

 Steampunk powers its machines with steam and resides in a moderately convincing real-world past, often Victorian, but other times work too. So it's fantasy, with a touch of mechanical realism (as opposed to magical realism I guess, though there's plenty of that too).

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

The magical Night Circus is magically depicted in ErinMorgenstern’s beautiful novel, the Night Circus. It’s a Victorian world ofclever tricks and amazements. But it hides a different world of ...