Marie-Laure’s enjoyment and immersion in the fantastical underwater world created by Jules Verne permeates Doerr’s book, and diving into it directly after All the Light We Cannot See has been a good choice for me.
If you enjoy re-reading A Christmas Carol every year, you might enjoy pairing it with Samantha Silva’s Mr. Dickens and His Carol. I’m sure much of it is imagined and fictionalized, but it makes for a charming read in the month of December.
These books are a lot of fun and have me wanting to do a deep-dive into so many writers, which to me is the best thing books with an homage to a classic can do! I’ve read most of Christie’s catalog at some point in my life, but I’ve only dipped my toes into Dorothy Sayers, Josephine Tey, and Daphne du Maurier (who Wingate includes for her suspense even though she’s not technically a writer of detective fiction). I think if you enjoy Agatha Christie and her ilk, you’ll enjoy The First Edition Library Mystery series.