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series15 books1976

completed

Horror and gothic, dark in tone, about vampires.

“Based on a short story Rice wrote around 1968, the novel centers on vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac, who tells the story of his life to a reporter.”
from the catalogue

Start with Interview with the Vampire →

KairosSeries

series11 books1962

completed

Science fiction.

Start with A Wrinkle in Time →

His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about coming of age, 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 His Dark Materials, The Book of Dust

The Dreaming JewelsNovel

Theodore Sturgeonstandalone novel1950

Science fiction, about genetic engineering.

Renegades (Marissa Meyer)Series

series3 books2017

Superhero and science fiction, tense in tone, set in big city.

“Marissa Meyer's trilogy, continuing through Archenemies and Supernova, plays the two factions' history against the leads' divided loyalties; Meyer has said she doesn't plan to extend the series further.”
from the catalogue

Start with Renegades →

The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse

universe70 books2007

Fantasy and urban 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 Ghosts of the Shadow Market, Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy, Magnus Bane, The Dark Artifices, The Infernal Devices, The Eldest Curses, The Last Hours

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