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universe13 books1995

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

The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse

universe70 books2007

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

Chicagoland Vampires UniverseSeries

series25 books2009

Paranormal romance, about vampires, set in north america.

Start with Some Girls Bite →

Artemis FowlSeries

series15 books2001

About fae.

“As of 2013, the novels have sold more than 21 million copies in 44 languages, and are one of the best-selling series of all time.”
from the catalogue

Start with LEPrecon →

The Dresden FilesSeries

series56 books2000

About wizards, set in north america.

“The novels are narrated from the first-person perspective of Harry Dresden, a private detective and wizard, as he investigates supernatural disturbances in contemporary Chicago.”
from the catalogue

Start with Welcome to the Jungle →

BartimaeusSeries

series4 books2003

Alternate history, about wizards and demons, set in british isles.

Start with The Amulet of Samarkand →

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