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series4 books2008

Superhero, set in contemporary and our world.

“Fourteen-year-old Jake Hunter goes from average bully to villain after finding a website that lets him download superpowers, but when he joins forces with the supervillain Basilisk, he may be in over his head.”
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Start with Council of Evil →

DCUniverse

universe542 books1942

Superhero, set in contemporary.

“Above Metropolis a figure holds the sun at his back; across the bay, Gotham keeps its secrets in the dark.”
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Start with It's Superman! →

includes Catwoman, The Flash, Superman Movie Adaptations, Smallville (YA), Superman, Lois Lane (YA), Batman Movie Adaptations, Supergirl

The Extraordinaries (TJ Klune)Series

series3 books2020

Lighthearted in tone, set in big city.

“The Extraordinaries follows Nick Bell, a fanfiction-writing teenager with ADHD who is infatuated with his city's resident superhero, Shadow Star, and decides the only way to get noticed is to become extraordinary himself.”
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Start with The Extraordinaries →

ReckonersSeries

series6 books2013

Science fiction, set in near future.

“One young man orphaned by a High Epic joins a group that is killing Epics.”
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Start with Steelheart →

KairosSeries

series11 books1962

completed

Science fiction.

Start with A Wrinkle in Time →

The Heroic Adventures of KateSeries

series3 books1990

Fantasy.

“T. A. Barron links three standalone novels around a resourceful girl named Kate confronting environmental threats through fantastical means.”
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Start with Heartlight →

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