Susanna Clarke’s Piranesi is a beautifully melancholic mystery wrapped in a dreamlike meditation on solitude, memory, and reality. Told through the fragmented journal entries of its protagonist, the novel immerses readers in an endless labyrinth of grand halls, statues, and tides. As Piranesi documents his world, he slowly uncovers inconsistencies that unravel everything he knows. The process of discovery is akin to archaeology—each clue, each forgotten entry a piece of a larger mystery waiting to be unearthed. Evoking the eerie, philosophical tones of The OA, Sense8, and Fringe, Piranesi is a novel that lingers long after the final page.