Waking Dream recommendations

Books that explore the mysterious landscape of dreams

If you enjoyed reading Waking Dream why not take a look at some of these other titles that explore similar themes?

Fire and Hemlock by Diana Wynne Jones

Polly is about to go to university when she discovers a folder of drawings and artwork which triggers a chain of memories of her childhood. But there are gaps in her memory. The truth lies somewhere between mundane reality and the myth-strewn landscape of the stories she used to tell herself.

A story in which truth and lies are woven together and a photograph of fire and hemlock holds the key to the truth. But even once Polly has discovered the answer there's still danger ahead of her as the tries to make up for the mistakes of the past.

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Marianne Dreams by Catherine Storr

When Marianne has to spend weeks in bed, recovering from an illness, she finds a thick black pencil in her mother's sewing box and uses it to draw a house. Falling asleep, she find herself in the house she drew, now set in a mysterious and desolate landscape. On waking she draws a face in one of the upper windows and the next time she visits the house she meets Colin - a boy who insists he is the one dreaming. By day Marianne gradually starts to get better as by night she and Colin explore the boundaries of their strange dream world. But an argument has terrifying consequences and Marianne and Mark must escape - but to where?

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Night Maze by Annie Dalton

After growing up in foster homes Gerald Noone discovers that he has a family after all. The Noones live in Owlcote, a fantastic stately home, and seem to have everything. But Gerald discovers that the family is bitterly unhappy. His adopted cousin Harriet wears gloves and claims that everything she touches is poisoned. His other cousins have allergies that threaten their lives, his aunts and uncles are also broken and his grandmother rules the house with an iron rod. Forbidden to enter the house's maze, Gerald enters regardless but during the day time it is a simple structure of hedges and paths. Only at night does it become magical and mysterious - surrounding the riddle of what has cursed the Noone family.

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