What I mean is books that have characters live in settings that are, in-universe, fictional in some way or the like. I don’t mean books that have adaptations in other mediums
Preferably the story has at least one of the following: the world has its own laws of physics; shows how the world works; explores the setting’s implications; explores how it affects characters; or the world is under threat.
Thanks for your help👍
I think the Thursday Next series might fall under this category
Does VR count? Ready Player One (ignoring the hate it gets and movie) is like that. Although they are in the “real” world most of it is set in the VR world.
Obviously Dungeon Crawler Carl too.
Stephen King’s Dark Tower series has elements of this. It’s hinted at early on and made explicit in the later books.
It helps if you’ve read other King works - The Stand, Eyes of the Dragon, Hearts in Atlantis, and Salem’s Lot are directly relevant. Make sure you’ve read Salem’s Lot before Dark Tower book 5 for maximum effect.
Do songs count? This is funny as hell.
Firebreak -Nicole Kornher-Stace
Running out of Time - Margaret Peterson Haddix