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series2 books2013

Historical fiction, bittersweet in tone, about grief and loss and war.

“The companion novel A God in Ruins turns to Ursula's brother Teddy, a bomber pilot, following his one, single life forward from the war through old age.”
from the catalogue

Start with Life After Life →

Mother NightNovel

Kurt Vonnegut & Jr.standalone novel1962

About war, set in our world and mid 20th century.

“Howard W. Campbell Jr., an American playwright who grew up in Germany, writes his memoirs from an Israeli prison cell awaiting trial for war crimes.”
from the catalogue

Karl GlogauerSeries

series2 books1969

Science fiction, dark in tone.

“Michael Moorcock's two Karl Glogauer novels share a character rather than a plot.”
from the catalogue

Start with Behold the Man →

His Dark MaterialsUniverse

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.”
from the catalogue

Start with Northern Lights →

includes The Book of Dust, His Dark Materials

Children of ViolenceSeries

series5 books1952

completed

About coming of age, set in mid 20th century and africa.

Start with Martha Quest →

Black OxenNovel

Gertrude Athertonstandalone novel1923

About immortality and gender and society, set in north america.

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