{
  "id": 14905325,
  "title": "The 10 Best Low Fantasy Books",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/the-10-best-low-fantasy-books",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-16T08:00:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Polygon",
    "slug": "polygon",
    "url": "https://www.polygon.com/best-low-fantasy-books/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The World That We Knew by Alice Hoffman is a novel set against the backdrop of the Holocaust. It follows a group of Jewish characters whose lives intertwine through a supernatural protector, a female golem named Ava, who is molded from clay to protect a young girl, Lea. Ava and Lea's journey through Nazi-occupied France showcases the mystical creature's role as a silent witness to the horrors of survival during one of history's darkest periods.",
  "summary": "From Neil Gaiman to Haruki Murakami, these are the most fascinating low fantasy books that treat the ordinary as something extarordinary.",
  "key_points": [
    "\"The World That We Knew\" by Alice Hoffman set during Holocaust",
    "Jewish characters intertwined through supernatural protector Ava",
    "Golem Ava protects young Lea in Nazi-occupied France"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}