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BorriblesSeries
series3 books1976
completed
Adventurous in tone, set in british isles.
“The three volumes in the trilogy are The Borribles, The Borribles Go For Broke, and The Borribles: Across the Dark Metropolis.”
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Start with The Borribles →
The Black TattooNovel
Sam Enthovenstandalone novel2006
Dark fantasy, about demons and identity, set in our world.
GrishaverseUniverse
universe19 books2012
Fantasy, set in secondary world.
“Saints are canonized here the way soldiers are buried elsewhere — quietly, and too often.”
from the catalogue
Start with Six of Crows →
includes Six of Crows, The Grisha, The Nikolai Duology
The WitchesNovel
Roald Dahlstandalone novel1983
Dark fantasy, about witches and survival, set in british isles.
“A dark fantasy, the story is set partly in Norway and partly in England, and features the experiences of a young English boy and his Norwegian grandmother in a world where child-hating societies of witches secretly exist in every country.”
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Full TiltNovel
Neal Shustermanstandalone novel2003
Horror, tense in tone, about survival, set in our world.
Fairy TaleNovel
Stephen Kingstandalone novel2022
Dark fantasy and portal fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests.