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The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse
universe70 books2007
Fantasy.
“There is a world laid over your own like a second skin, and you have been trained since birth not to see it.”
from the catalogue
Start with City of Bones →
includes The Dark Artifices, Ghosts of the Shadow Market, The Infernal Devices, The Eldest Curses, The Last Hours, Magnus Bane, Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy
London BelowSeries
series5 books1996
Fantasy, about transported to another world, set in underground & caves.
“Most notable is the appearance of the Floating Market at Harrods rather than under Battersea power station.”
from the catalogue
Start with Neverwhere →
Bod OwensSeries
series3 books2007
Fantasy, about coming of age, set in our world.
“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 →
Anita BlakeSeries
series42 books1993
Dark and tense in tone, set in north america.
“The books have sold more than six million copies; many have made The New York Times Best Seller list.”
from the catalogue
Start with Guilty Pleasures →
Mercy ThompsonUniverse
universe45 books2006
Set in north america.
“Patricia Briggs builds this world across two interlocking series.”
from the catalogue
Start with Alpha and Omega →
includes Alpha and Omega
The Morganville VampiresSeries
series40 books2006
completed
Tense in tone, set in north america and small town.
“The novels feature Claire Danvers, a student at Texas Prairie University, and her housemates in the vampire-controlled city of Morganville, Texas.”
from the catalogue
Start with Glass Houses →