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InCryptidSeries
series53 books2012
Urban fantasy, adventurous in tone, about found family, set in contemporary and north america.
Start with Discount Armageddon →
War for the OaksSeries
series2 books1987
Fantasy, about fae and music.
Start with War for the Oaks →
James and the Giant PeachNovel
Roald Dahlstandalone novel1961
Fantasy, whimsical in tone, about coming of age.
“There have been re-illustrated versions of it over the years, drawn by Michael Simeon, Emma Chichester Clark, Lane Smith and Quentin Blake.”
from the catalogue
Gale FamilySeries
series3 books2009
Urban fantasy, adventurous in tone, set in contemporary and north america.
“Tanya Huff's urban fantasy trilogy follows Alysha Gale, a member of a Canadian family whose charms can reshape reality, after she inherits her grandmother's junk shop in Calgary and discovers it doubles as a gateway into the fae world.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Enchantment Emporium →
Watership DownSeries
series21 books1972
completed
Fantasy, about survival and quests, set in countryside & village.
“Adams returned to the same world in 1996 with Tales from Watership Down, a collection of nineteen short stories mixing rabbit folklore with further adventures of characters from the novel.”
from the catalogue
Start with Watership Down →
The Great CitiesSeries
series3 books2016
Fantasy.
“N. K. Jemisin's Great Cities duology imagines that great cities can awaken as living, sentient avatars defending themselves against extradimensional threats.”
from the catalogue
Start with The City We Became →