it's like to live in a world of monsters, magic, and demigods." The book acknowledges the literary definition of the genre with "some critics define 'low fantasy' as any fantasy story set in the real world. However, a real world setting can include the kind of mythic elements this book classifies as high fantasy." Examples The Borrowers by Mary Norton The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper The Doll's House by Rumer Godden Five Children and It by E. Nesbit Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks The Snow Spider by Jenny Nimmo That Hideous Strength by C. S. Lewis Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt See also Contemporary fantasy Occult detective fiction Magic realism Urban fantasy Dark fantasy Paranormal romance Explanatory notes References Fantasy genres