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universe13 books1995

Fantasy, 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.”
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Start with Northern Lights →

includes His Dark Materials, The Book of Dust

Deepgate UniverseSeries

series5 books2006

Dark fantasy, dark in tone, about gods, set in secondary world.

Start with Scar Night →

The Cinder SpiresSeries

series3 books2015

Set in secondary world.

“Continuing with Warriorborn and The Olympian Affair, it marks a departure in setting from Butcher's contemporary-fantasy Dresden Files while keeping his fast-paced adventure style.”
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Start with The Aeronaut's Windlass →

The Difference EngineNovel

William Gibson & Bruce Sterlingstandalone novel1990

Alternate history, set in british isles and alternate earth.

“The computer age arrives a century early with Babbage's perfection of his 'analytical engine'.”
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The Anubis GatesSeries

series3 books1983

Time travel and historical fantasy, set in british isles and 19th century.

“The plot concerns an English professor who participates in a time travel experiment and ends up trapped in the 19th century.”
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Start with The Anubis Gates →

The Diamond AgeNovel

Neal Stephensonstandalone novel1995

Cyberpunk, about nanotechnology and coming of age, set in near future.

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