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universe13 books1995

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.”
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Start with Northern Lights →

includes His Dark Materials, The Book of Dust

The Dragon Heart LegacySeries

series4 books2020

Set in secondary world.

“The Awakening opens a contemporary-fantasy trilogy following Breen's transformation from ordinary schoolteacher into a woman claiming a legacy she didn't know existed.”
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Start with The Awakening →

Fionavar UniverseSeries

series5 books1984

Epic fantasy and portal fantasy, set in contemporary and secondary world.

“Kay lived in the countryside near Aix-en-Provence, the setting of Ysabel, while he wrote it.”
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Start with The Summer Tree →

DogsbodyNovel

Diana Wynne Jonesstandalone novel1975

About reincarnation and quests, set in our world and contemporary.

“Sirius the dog star, is reborn on earth as a puppy with a mission to search for the lost Zoi, the murder weapon of the stars.”
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Children of the Light IslesSeries

series2 books2002

About identity and coming of age.

Start with Wolfskin →

The Broken SwordNovel

Poul Andersonstandalone novel1954

Epic fantasy, dark in tone, about curses, set in secondary world.

“A revised edition was issued by Ballantine Books in January 1971 as the twenty-fourth volume of their Ballantine Adult Fantasy series.”
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