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universe13 books1995

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

American GodsSeries

series10 books1999

Mythic fantasy, about gods.

“Gaiman's 2005 novel Anansi Boys is set in the same mythological world and shares the trickster god Mr. Nancy, but follows a different protagonist and story, making it a loose companion rather than a direct sequel.”
from the catalogue

Start with Keepsakes and Treasures: A Love Story →

The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse

universe70 books2007

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

Incarnations of ImmortalitySeries

series8 books1983

About gods and immortality.

“WorldCat: Zane belongs to a world in which the scientific revolution has been followed by the revolution of magic, and he is thrust into the role of Death.”
from the catalogue

Start with On a Pale Horse →

Good OmensSeries

series2 books1990

Humor, funny in tone, about prophecy.

Start with Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch →

BartimaeusSeries

series4 books2003

Alternate history, adventurous in tone, about wizards and political intrigue.

Start with The Amulet of Samarkand →

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