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series11 books1962

completed

Science fiction.

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

CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

Epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Before the worlds, there was Adonalsium, and then there was not.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Final Empire →

includes Mistborn, Warbreaker, The Stormlight Archive, Elantris, Canticle, Komashi, Lumar, First of the Sun

Dream CycleSeries

series26 books1919

Horror, eerie in tone.

Start with The White Ship →

Mythago WoodSeries

series7 books1984

completed

Mythic fantasy, eerie in tone, set in contemporary and british isles.

“The first novel follows Stephen Huxley investigating his family's obsession with the wood after his father's death; Holdstock continued the cycle across further novels and stories exploring different characters and eras.”
from the catalogue

Start with Mythago Wood →

Fionavar UniverseSeries

series5 books1984

Epic fantasy, emotional in tone, set in contemporary and secondary world.

“Kay lived in the countryside near Aix-en-Provence, the setting of Ysabel, while he wrote it.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Summer Tree →

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