Fiction that evokes the sense of remembrance ?

In the discussion on horror I'd mentioned how of all the genres I think fantasy (whether magical realism or Tolkien-esque quests& kingdoms) is the one that speaks to the idea that the scientific image is lacking.

For myself the fantastical brings a sense of recollection, not of any distinct past lives or secret magical knowledge but rather the feeling that there is something more to reality than the supposed "laws" of physics might allow.

Curious if others feel this way about fantasy as a genre, or really any genre or even specific work of fiction.

I literally consumed books back in the 60's and 70's. I reached a point of reading where I was no longer aware I was reading, but immersed myself in playing out the story mentally, and did this quite vividly. That was the sign of a great book to me. If you couldn't submerge yourself in that story, it wasn't written well.
I did see quite a few parallels to my own Psi experiences.
Before I discovered that some of the work was plagiarized, I saw things repeated between reading materials and thought that must point to some underlying truths.
I yearned for real dragons to fight, and a world of moral and ethical righteousness that doesn't exist, except in our fantasies.

I would always celebrate finding books about the many things I had experienced. Yet, there were always some differences to my own experiences.

Referencing your comment about 'recollection', my neural networks connected me to thoughts about past lives, Akashic records, and other concepts that would support these feelings. There is often this longing for something different, something more, something magical. If we do have a storage system like the Akashic records, it could be likely that everything we create, stories and thoughts, emotions and longing, are there and can likely be tapped into. What we feel could even be the feelings and thoughts of someone else in the past or present, or your own previous life and memories/feelings, or even a dream that you had but no longer recall. That alone is 'something more' and very exciting to think about.

Stranger In A Strange Land evoked a lot in me. The concept that learning to think in Martian could open up our Psi abilities was very appealing. Grok is still popular in some circles.

The Bridge Across Forever was also something I have very fondly remembered. Many of the works by Richard Bach have an element of fringe reality to them.

There are, of course, plenty of psychological perspectives concerning what evokes this 'something more to reality' feeling in human beings, with a range from feeling insufficient to spiritual connectivity. They likely all exist, and might specifically apply to one person or another when their own feelings are examined in detail.