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Double IdentityNovel
Margaret Peterson Haddixstandalone novel2005
Science fiction, about cloning.
I Was a Teenage FairyNovel
Francesca Lia Blockstandalone novel1998
About fae and grief and loss, set in big city.
“Maybe later on she was the sex...A tiny fairy winging her way through the jasmine-scented L.A. night.”
from the catalogue
The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse
universe70 books2007
Fantasy and urban fantasy, set in contemporary.
“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 Last Hours, The Eldest Curses, Magnus Bane, Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy, The Infernal Devices
The Curse WorkersSeries
series3 books2010
Tense in tone, about curses and organized crime, set in our world.
“Holly Black's Curse Workers trilogy is set in an alternate America where 'curse work' — magic that harms or transforms through touch — is illegal, enforced through gloves and Prohibition-era-style crime families.”
from the catalogue
Start with White Cat →
The Wolves of Mercy FallsSeries
series4 books2009
Paranormal romance, about werewolves and forbidden love.
“Set in the fictional town of Mercy Falls, Stiefvater has stated that the real town of Ely in Minnesota would be its closest neighbouring destination, with the two towns sharing a similar climate.”
from the catalogue
Start with Shiver →
Flowers for AlgernonNovel
Daniel Keyesstandalone novel1966
Science fiction, about genetic engineering and loneliness.
“A man with a low IQ becomes the subject of an experimental medical procedure which raises his IQ well over genius level.”
from the catalogue