Origin stories: the best prequel novels
Backstory books that don't disappoint.
If someone mentions prequels, it's likely your mind goes straight to film (and possibly straight to Star Wars), but there are some brilliant prequels out there in book form. It's perhaps unsurprising that many are found under science fiction and fantasy, with author and reader alike keen to explore how their carefully created worlds came to be. But as you'll see from our list they're not limited by genre, or, in the case of Jean Rhys' rightfully lauded prequel to a Brontë classic, to being written by the author of the original book.