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series10 books1999

Fantasy and mythic fantasy, about gods, set in contemporary and our world.

“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.”
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AlderleySeries

series4 books1960

About quests.

“The three books span most of Garner's writing life rather than forming one continuous trilogy.”
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The Dark Is RisingSeries

series5 books1965

Adventurous in tone.

“The first book in the series, Over Sea, Under Stone, was originally conceived as a stand-alone novel, and the sequence gets its name from the second novel in the series, The Dark Is Rising.”
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Start with Over Sea, Under Stone →

Mythago WoodSeries

series7 books1984

completed

Fantasy and 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.”
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The Advent TrilogySeries

series3 books2012

Fantasy, eerie in tone, set in contemporary and our world.

“Warded from earth, air, water, fire, spirits, thought and sight.”
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ElidorNovel

Alan Garnerstandalone novel1965

About quests, set in secondary world.

“Set primarily in modern Manchester, it features four English children who enter a fantasy world, fulfill a quest there, and return to find that the enemy has followed them into our world.”
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