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series6 books1976

completed

Science fiction, dark in tone, about genetic engineering.

“The Patternist series is a group of science fiction novels by Octavia E. Butler that detail a secret history continuing from the Ancient Egyptian period to the far future that involves telepathic mind control and an extraterrestrial plague.”
from the catalogue

Start with Wild Seed →

Darker Than You ThinkNovel

Jack Williamsonstandalone novel1948

Science fantasy and horror, set in north america and mid 20th century.

The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse

universe70 books2007

Urban fantasy.

“There is a world laid over your own like a second skin, and you have been trained since birth not to see it.”
from the catalogue

Start with City of Bones →

includes Ghosts of the Shadow Market, Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy, The Infernal Devices, The Dark Artifices, Magnus Bane, The Eldest Curses, The Last Hours

Atlas (Olivie Blake)Series

series3 books2020

About political intrigue and magic schools.

“Olivie Blake's Atlas trilogy follows six magical scholars recruited into a secretive society that grants near-limitless magical resources in exchange for a mortal cost only revealed after they've already committed.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Atlas Six →

DragonfireUniverse

universe24 books2008

Paranormal romance.

“Strike a match against the dark and a dragon answers.”
from the catalogue

Start with Kiss of Fire →

includes The Dragon Diaries, Dragonfire (Deborah Cooke), DragonFate, The Darkfire Chronicles

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

Start with Northern Lights →

includes His Dark Materials, The Book of Dust

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