Little, Big by John Crowley (1981)

A family saga stretched across generations, where fairies linger at the edges of human life. Crowley’s writing is slow, dreamlike, and intoxicating — equal parts magical realism and mythic fantasy. It’s about longing, memory, and how wonder fades and returns. If Tolkien wrote with the soul of Gabriel García Márquez, it might look like this.

Rating: 5/5