Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll
1865
Books with the “Portal Fantasy” trope
Ordinary people step through a doorway into a magical other world.
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Plot twists · Portal Fantasy
Books with this trope
Daughter of Smoke & Bone
Laini Taylor
2011
The Iron King
Julie Kagawa
2010
Lord Foul's Bane
Stephen R. Donaldson
1977
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
C. S. Lewis
1950
The Neverending Story
Michael Ende
1979
A Curse So Dark and Lonely
Brigid Kemmerer
2019
The Magicians
Lev Grossman
2009
Every Heart a Doorway
Seanan McGuire
2016
The King of Elfland's Daughter
Lord Dunsany
1924
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Faustian Bargain
A character trades something precious, often their soul, in exchange for youth, talent, or power.
Revenge
A wronged character spends the story hunting down the people who hurt them.
Locked Room Mystery
A crime happens in a room that is apparently sealed from the inside, with no way in or out.
Dual Identity
A respectable person hides a second, darker self or lives two opposite lives.