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series13 books1996

About fae, set in 19th century.

“Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell reintroduces magic to an alternate nineteenth-century England, centering on the prickly rivalry between the two title magicians as they revive a lost English tradition.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Ladies of Grace Adieu →

Wolves ChroniclesSeries

series12 books1962

completed

Adventure, adventurous in tone, set in 19th century.

“The Wolves Chronicles is Joan Aiken's long-running alternate-history series for young readers, set in a nineteenth-century England ruled by the Stuart dynasty and beset by wolves that have migrated across a Channel land-bridge.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Wolves of Willoughby Chase →

NarniaUniverse

universe38 books1950

Fantasy and portal fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Once there is a wardrobe at the back of a spare room, and behind the fur coats the wood gives way to snow, and a lamp-post burns alone among the trees.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe →

includes Narnia, Narnia Solo Adventures

DraculaUniverse

universe144 books1897

Horror.

“Around that single novel a whole crypt of continuations has grown, raised by many writers across a century.”
from the catalogue

Start with Dracula →

includes Dracula Sequence, Dracula Adaptations, The Return of Dracula, Dracula's Children, Theological College of St. Van Helsing, Quincey Morris (Dracula spin-off)

Elemental MastersSeries

series59 books1995

Fantasy, set in 19th century and europe.

“Mercedes Lackey's Elemental Masters series reimagines classic fairy tales in various historical settings, with mages who each command one of the four elements — fire, water, earth, or air.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Fire Rose →

Bod OwensSeries

series3 books2007

Fantasy, set in our world and contemporary.

“Neil Gaiman's 2008 novel won both the Newbery and Carnegie Medals, and illustrator P. Craig Russell later adapted it into a two-volume graphic novel.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Witch's Headstone →

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