Quest: I Dig This

People usually go through life without giving much thought to what lies under their feet. But we know better, there is so much below us. There are constructions, there is life, there are mysteries as big as cities and answers we've been yearning for, they've been right below our very feet this entire time. But we have to dig deep, deeper than we have ever dug.

Add books you've read that feature an underground city or civilization as one of the main settings.

5 occurrences

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again

by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Lord of the Rings #0

High/Epic FantasyAdventure

September 1937

Read by 81 people

5 occurrences

The Fellowship of the Ring

by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Lord of the Rings #1

High/Epic FantasyAdventure

527 PagesJuly 1954

Read by 64 people

4 occurrences

Mockingjay

by Suzanne Collins

The Hunger Games #3

ApocalypticDystopiaAdventure

398 PagesAugust 2010

Read by 66 people

4 occurrences

Neverwhere

by Neil Gaiman

London Below, The World of Neverwhere #1

Urban FantasyScience FictionAdventure

412 PagesSeptember 1996

Read by 22 people

3 occurrences

Eldest

by Christopher Paolini

The Inheritance Cycle #2

High/Epic FantasyAdventure

1016 PagesAugust 2005

Read by 25 people

3 occurrences

Where the Shadows Beckon

by Gillian Grant

The Blood of Eith #1

High/Epic FantasyAdventure

388 PagesDecember 2021

Read by 6 people

3 occurrences

The Obelisk Gate

by N.K. Jemisin

The Broken Earth #2

ApocalypticPost-ApocalypticDystopia

407 PagesAugust 2016

Read by 14 people

2 occurrences

Skyward

by Brandon Sanderson

Skyward #1

DystopiaAdventureFantasy

510 PagesNovember 2018

Read by 30 people

2 occurrences

Enclave

by Ann Aguirre

Razorland #1

ApocalypticPost-ApocalypticDystopia

261 PagesApril 2011

Read by 5 people

2 occurrences

The Terraformers

by Annalee Newitz

Science Fiction

352 PagesJanuary 2023

Read by 5 people

2 occurrences

The Slow Regard of Silent Things

by Patrick Rothfuss

The Kingkiller Chronicle #2.5

High/Epic Fantasy

159 PagesOctober 2014

Read by 14 people

2 occurrences

Wool

by Hugh Howey

Wool #1

ApocalypticPost-ApocalypticDystopia

576 PagesJuly 2011

Read by 14 people

1 occurrence

Where the Sky Burns

by Gillian Grant

The Blood of Eith #5

High/Epic FantasyAdventure

632 PagesMarch 2023

100

Read by 3 people

1 occurrence

The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook

by Matt Dinniman

Dungeon Crawler Carl #3

LitRPGApocalypticComedic Fiction

534 PagesApril 2021

Read by 14 people

1 occurrence

The Call of Cthulhu

by H.P. Lovecraft

Weird Fiction

50 PagesJune 1926

Read by 10 people

1 occurrence

Attic: Gefahr aus der Tiefe

by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

Aloysius Pendergast #2

MysteryThriller

560 Pages1997

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

The War of the Dwarves

by Markus Heitz

The Dwarves #2

High/Epic FantasyAdventure

784 PagesOctober 2004

Read by 2 people

1 occurrence

The Hound of Greyvor

by W J Long III

The Silver Sights Saga #2

Space OperaParanormalSoft Sci-Fi

811 PagesSeptember 2024

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress

by Robert A. Heinlein

Alternate HistoryPoliticsFantasy

382 PagesJune 1966

Read by 6 people

1 occurrence

At the Earth's Core

by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Pellucidar #1

Science FictionAdventureFantasy

164 PagesApril 1914

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

At the Mountains of Madness

by H.P. Lovecraft

Weird FictionHorrorScience Fiction

105 PagesJanuary 1931

Read by 4 people

1 occurrence

Dark Legacy

by Christine Feehan

Dark #27

Urban FantasyParanormal RomanceParanormal

399 PagesSeptember 2017

Read by 2 people

1 occurrence

Exile

by R.A. Salvatore

Forgotten Realms Chronological #9

High/Epic FantasyAdventure

352 PagesDecember 1990

Read by 6 people

1 occurrence

Gideon the Ninth

by Tamsyn Muir

The Locked Tomb #1

Science FictionFantasyHorror

492 PagesSeptember 2019

Read by 28 people

1 occurrence

A Practical Guide to Evil IV

by ErraticErrata

A Practical Guide to Evil #4

Fantasy

1595 Pages

100

Read by 2 people

1 occurrence

Sheltered

by C Grezo, Rupert Knowles

Science Fiction

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

Red Rising

by Pierce Brown

Red Rising Saga #1

DystopiaAdventureFantasy

382 PagesJanuary 2014

Read by 39 people

1 occurrence

Cursebound: A Novel

by Saara El-Arifi

FantasyRomance

400 PagesFebruary 2025

Read by 2 people

1 occurrence

The Book That Wouldn’t Burn

by Mark Lawrence

The Library Trilogy #1

High/Epic FantasyRomantic FantasyDark Fantasy

576 PagesMay 2023

Read by 24 people

1 occurrence

The Girl and the Stars

by Mark Lawrence

Book of the Ice #1

High/Epic FantasyScience FictionAdventure

600 PagesApril 2020

Read by 4 people

1 occurrence

Where the Light Dies

by Gillian Grant

The Blood of Eith #4

High/Epic FantasyAdventure

457 PagesOctober 2022

100

Read by 3 people

1 occurrence

Tales from Watership Down

by Richard Adams

Watership Down #2

AdventureFantasy

242 PagesAugust 1996

Read by 2 people

1 occurrence

Along the Razor's Edge

by Rob J. Hayes

The War Eternal #1

High/Epic FantasyDark Fantasy

341 PagesMarch 2020

Read by 8 people

1 occurrence

Dragons of Autumn Twilight

by Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman

Dragonlance: Chronicles #1

High/Epic FantasyAdventure

539 PagesNovember 1984

Read by 15 people

1 occurrence

An Unkindness of Magicians

by Kat Howard

An Unkindness of Magicians #1

Urban FantasyParanormalContemporary Fiction

September 2017

Read by 4 people

1 occurrence

The Book That Broke the World

by Mark Lawrence

The Library Trilogy #2

384 PagesApril 2024

Read by 4 people

1 occurrence

Cage of Souls

by Adrian Tchaikovsky

ApocalypticPost-ApocalypticDystopia

602 PagesApril 2019

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

Homeland

by R.A. Salvatore, Serge Laforest

Forgotten Realms Chronological #8

High/Epic FantasyAdventure

343 PagesSeptember 1990

Read by 7 people

1 occurrence

Bioshock: The Midnight Series

by Preston Hardin

4h 20m February 2021

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

Foundation

by Ann Aguirre

Razorland #0.5

ApocalypticPost-ApocalypticDystopia

17 PagesOctober 2012

Read by 2 people

1 occurrence

The Serpent Called Mercy

by Roanne Lau

High/Epic FantasyAdventure

432 PagesDecember 2024

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

The Princess and the Goblin

by Frederick Davidson, George MacDonald, Timothy Larsen

Princess Irene and Curdie #1

Fairy TaleAdventureFantasy

224 PagesJanuary 1872

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

Foundation

by Isaac Asimov

Foundation (Chronological Order) #3

Space OperaSoft Sci-Fi

236 PagesAugust 1951

Read by 16 people

1 occurrence

Carl's Doomsday Scenario

by Matt Dinniman

Dungeon Crawler Carl #2

LitRPGApocalypticComedic Fiction

364 PagesJanuary 2021

Read by 18 people

1 occurrence

The Swordsman's Descent

by G.M. White

The Royal Champion #2

Historical FantasyAdventure

444 PagesJune 2022

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

Endurance

by Ann Aguirre

Razorland #1.5

ApocalypticPost-ApocalypticDystopia

73 PagesFebruary 2012

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

Dungeon Crawler Carl

by Matt Dinniman

Dungeon Crawler Carl #1

LitRPGApocalypticComedic Fiction

446 PagesOctober 2020

Read by 25 people

1 occurrence

The Fate of the Dwarves

by Markus Heitz

The Dwarves #4

High/Epic FantasyAdventure

763 Pages2008

Read by 2 people

1 occurrence

The Life Giver

by Jase Puddicombe

Fantasy

March 2022

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

Age of Swords

by Michael J. Sullivan

The Legends of the First Empire #2

High/Epic FantasyAdventure

528 PagesJuly 2017

Read by 4 people