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series31 books1946

completed

Set in small town and mid 20th century.

“Written more than four decades apart, the two novels share Bradbury's recurring setting and nostalgic, myth-making tone rather than a single continuous plot.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Night →

Empire of the SunSeries

series2 books1984

completed

Set in east asia.

“J. G. Ballard's Empire of the Sun draws on his own childhood to follow Jim, a British boy separated from his parents in Japanese-occupied Shanghai during World War II and interned in a civilian camp for the rest of the war.”
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Start with Empire of the Sun →

Children of ViolenceSeries

series5 books1952

completed

Set in mid 20th century and africa.

Start with Martha Quest →

Stranger in a Strange LandNovel

Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1961

Science fiction, about aliens and faith and religion, set in near future.

His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, 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

Mr. VertigoNovel

Paul Austerstandalone novel1994

Whimsical in tone, about art and artists.

“In the 1920s, an orphan is rescued from the streets of St. Louis by a mysterious foreigner who teaches him to fly and walk on water.”
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