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series4 books2011

“From copyright page: Seventeen year old Karou, a lovely, enigmatic art student in a Prague boarding school, carries a sketchbook of hideous, frightening monsters - the chimerae who form the only family she has ever known.”
from the catalogue

Start with Daughter of Smoke & Bone →

A Court of Thorns and RosesSeries

series6 books2015

Romantasy, about fae.

“There are currently five novels in the series, with the sixth scheduled to release on October 27, 2026, and the seventh on January 12, 2027.”
from the catalogue

Start with A Court of Thorns and Roses →

Kushiel's Legacy UniverseSeries

series13 books2001

About political intrigue.

“Since the series features a fictional version of medieval Western Europe, it can be considered historical fantasy or alternate history.”
from the catalogue

Start with Kushiel's Dart →

The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse

universe70 books2007

Urban fantasy, set in contemporary.

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

Fionavar UniverseSeries

series5 books1984

Epic fantasy and portal fantasy, set in contemporary.

“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 →

FolktalesSeries

series3 books1978

Fairy tale retelling.

“Almost 20 years later, McKinley returned to the same material with her 1997 novel Rose Daughter.”
from the catalogue

Start with Beauty →

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