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    Mermaids

    Mermaids is a beloved storytelling pattern that readers search for because it promises a specific feeling. Books with this trope deliver a recognizable emotional payoff you can count on.

    7 books in archive 2 community verified 6 catalogue Reader favourite

    Books mapped to Mermaids7 in view

    Cover of When the Tides Held the Moon
    1

    When the Tides Held the Moon

    Venessa Vida Kelley

    2025

    Into the Drowning Deep

    Mira Grant

    1

    Into the Drowning Deep

    Mira Grant

    Cover of A Fire Upon the Deep

    A Fire Upon the Deep

    Vernor Vinge

    1992

    Emily Eternal

    M. G. Wheaton

    Emily Eternal

    M. G. Wheaton

    2020

    Ghost Frequency

    Tade Thompson

    Ghost Frequency

    Tade Thompson

    2025

    The Last Algorithm

    Hannu Rajaniemi

    The Last Algorithm

    Hannu Rajaniemi

    2025
    Cover of The Robots of Dawn

    The Robots of Dawn

    Isaac Asimov

    1983

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