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Kairos
His Dark Materials
InterWorld
Shade's Children milieu
The Obernewtyn Chronicles
Red Queen
Chaos Walking
Imperial Galaxy
Space Demons

KairosSeries

seriesMadeleine L'Engle11 books1962

Science fiction.

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His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

Adventurous in tone, about coming of age, set in parallel universe.

“In a world like ours and unlike it, every human soul walks outside the body in the shape of an animal — a daemon, who speaks, who cannot be lied to, and who settles into one fixed form only when childhood ends.”
from the catalogue description

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InterWorldSeries

seriesMichael Reaves, Mallory Reaves & Neil Gaiman3 books2007

Science fantasy, adventurous in tone, set in parallel universe and contemporary.

“Michael Reaves developed the story with Neil Gaiman, and Reaves's daughter Mallory Reaves co-wrote the two sequels.”
from the catalogue description

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Shade's Children milieuSeries

seriesGarth Nix2 books1997

Post-apocalyptic and dystopia, about survival, set in near future.

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The Obernewtyn ChroniclesSeries

seriesIsobelle Carmody9 books1987

Post-apocalyptic, about psychic powers, set in far future and secondary world.

“Carmody began writing it at the age of fourteen, and reworked the novel through high school and university.”
from the catalogue description of Obernewtyn
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Red QueenSeries

seriesVictoria Aveyard14 books2015

Dystopia, tense in tone, about rebellion and revolution, set in secondary world.

“Victoria Aveyard's debut novel opens a four-book main sequence - Red Queen, Glass Sword, King's Cage, War Storm - plus the interstitial novella Cruel Crown and the epilogue novella Broken Throne.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Queen Song →

Chaos WalkingSeries

seriesPatrick Ness5 books2008

Dystopia, tense in tone, set in other star systems and far future.

Start with The Knife of Never Letting Go →

Imperial GalaxySeries

seriesGarth Nix2 books2012

Space opera, about coming of age, set in space and far future.

“Garth Nix's A Confusion of Princes follows Khemri through the empire's ruthless military, its secret intelligence service, and a deadly, decades-long competition to determine who might one day take the throne.”
from the catalogue description

Start with A Confusion of Princes →

Space DemonsSeries

seriesGillian Rubinstein & Richard Tulloch4 books1986

About virtual reality, set in our world and contemporary.

“Gillian Rubinstein's Space Demons follows a group of Australian schoolkids drawn into a mysterious video game that starts pulling them physically into its world, with consequences that follow them home.”
from the catalogue description

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What should I read after The Secret Explorers?: Kairos — the closest match to The Secret Explorers on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Secret Explorers?: The Secret Explorers and the Comet Collision. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Secret Explorers.
How big is The Secret Explorers?: The Secret Explorers is 5 books, 2020–2022.

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