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- All Souls
series5 books2011
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A Discovery of Witches is a 2011 historical-fantasy novel and the debut novel by American scholar Deborah Harkness. It follows Diana Bishop, a history of science professor at Yale University, as she embraces her magical blood after finding a long-thought-lost manuscript and engages in a forbidden romance with a charming vampire, Matthew Clairmont.
- Kairos
series11 books1962
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The Time Quintet is a science fantasy series of five young adult novels written by American author Madeleine L'Engle and made up of A Wrinkle in Time (1962), A Wind in the Door (1973), A Swiftly Tilting Planet (1978), Many Waters (1986), and An Acceptable Time (1989).
- Montgomery / Taggert
series10 books1988
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These Jude Deveraux romances are linked less by one continuing plot than by recurring family surnames — Montgomery and Taggert — that Deveraux threads through much of her historical and contemporary romance writing. A Knight in Shining Armor, her best-known novel, is a standalone time-travel romance whose heroine, Dougless Montgomery, falls for a sixteenth-century English lord pulled forward into her present; The Maiden instead belongs to her more tightly connected medieval Montgomery-brothers sequence. Readers should expect a loose family of stories connected by name and world rather than one continuous saga.
- House of Dreams
Brenda Joycestandalone novel2000
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Note- The deWarenne Dynasty is very vast and spans through multiple series, they can be read stand alone.* In chronological order, followed by the books that are distantly related The Conqueror (deWarenne Dynasty, #1) Promise of the Rose (deWarenne Dynasty, #2) The Game (deWarenne Dynasty, #3) Regency Era: The Prize (deWarenne Dynasty, #4) The Masquerade (deWarenne Dynasty, #5) The Stolen Bride (deWarenne Dynasty, #6) A Lady at Last (deWarenne Dynasty, #7) The Perfect Bride (deWarenne Dynasty, #8) Victorian Era: A Dangerous Love (deWarenne Dynasty, #9) An Impossible Attraction (deWarenne Dynasty, #10) The Promise (deWarenne Dynasty, #11) Contemporary Era: House of Dreams Related books: Scandalous Love (Bragg Saga, #6) After Innocence (Delanza, #2) The Awakening (a novella included in the anthology Heart of the Home)
- Dollanganger Children
series11 books1979
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V. C. Andrews' Dollanganger series opens with Flowers in the Attic, in which four siblings are hidden away in their wealthy grandparents' attic by a mother willing to sacrifice them to reclaim her inheritance, and follows the survivors' fallout across four more novels - Petals on the Wind, If There Be Thorns, Seeds of Yesterday, and the prequel Garden of Shadows - as the family's incest, abuse, and secrets ripple into the next generation. Ghostwriter Andrew Neiderman continued the Dollanganger world after Andrews's death with further prequels and companion stories centered on the Foxworth family estate.
- The Changeover
Margaret Mahystandalone novel1984
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The Changeover: a Supernatural Romance is a low fantasy novel for young adults by Margaret Mahy, published in 1984 by J. M. Dent in the U.K. It is set in Christchurch in the author's native New Zealand.
- Old Magic
Marianne Curleystandalone novel2000
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Kate is at a loss. She meets a boy with curious powers and a bizarre history - but he thinks he is very ordinary. How can she convince him that he has a gift, a gift that he must use to unravel mysteries that have hung over his family for generations? And even if she does persuade him, will his talents prove powerful enough to overcome what lies ahead?
- The Radleys
Matt Haigstandalone novel2010
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The Radleys is a paranormal fantasy novel for young adults by Matt Haig, published 1 July 2010 by Canongate Books.
- Starling House
Alix E. Harrowstandalone novel2023
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Starling House is a 2023 gothic fantasy novel by American author Alix E. Harrow published by Tor Books. The novel tells a story of a young woman, Opal, who lives in a destitute region of Kentucky, attempting to find an economic means to uplift her brother from poverty and pay for his education. When she accepts the position as maid at the enigmatic Starling House, a mansion shrouded in mystery, she becomes entangled in a web of strange, supernatural and historical secrets that are linked to the town's dark past. At the same time, she resists the exploitation of the land and its people by powerful, profit-driven forces like the pointedly named Gravely Power, striving to secure her brother's future, safeguard Starling House, and assert control over her own destiny.
- Five Children Universe
series27 books1902
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Two separate modern continuations of E. Nesbit's Psammead stories were written decades apart by different authors: Helen Cresswell's The Return of the Psammead (1992) brings the wish-granting sand fairy back for a new set of children, while Kate Saunders's Five Children on the Western Front (2014) follows the now-grown Lamb and his siblings as the First World War arrives, in a more somber sequel to Nesbit's original trilogy. Neither book is by Nesbit herself, and the two have no direct connection to each other beyond both drawing on her creation. Later writers have kept returning to Nesbit's premise long after her own trilogy ended.
- The Secret Vampire Society
series4 books2009
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- A String in the Harp
Nancy Bondstandalone novel1976
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A String in the Harp is a children's fantasy novel by Nancy Bond first published in 1976. It received a 1977 Newbery Honor award and the Welsh Tir na n-Og Award. It tells of the American Morgan family who temporarily move to Wales, where Peter Morgan finds a magical harp key that gives him vivid visions of the past. This well-received novel is an unusual time travel story, with its focus on the emotional pain and separation the Morgans experience after the death of their mother and the gradual healing they find through their experiences.
- Dissolution
Nicholas Bingestandalone novel2025
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Dissolution is a 2025 science fiction novel by Nicholas Binge, published in the UK by Harper Voyager, and in the US by Riverhead Books. It is published or forthcoming in multiple languages, including Spanish, German, Hungarian, and Arabic. The novel tells the story of Margaret (Maggie) Webb, who discovers that her husband Stanley’s Alzheimer’s is a false cover for the fact that his memories are being purposefully erased to keep something he did in his past hidden. The book alternates between Maggie and Stanley’s perspectives as they move through multiple decades of their relationship.
- Adam Binder
series4 books2020
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The Adam Binder novels are a series of urban fantasy novels by David R. Slayton. The series consists of four novels, White Trash Warlock (2020), Trailer Park Trickster (2021), Deadbeat Druid (2022), and Redneck Revenant (2025). The novels received critical praise for their depiction of poverty, LGBT issues, and family relationships in the setting of urban fantasy novels. A spin-off novel set between books three and four, Rogue Community College, was published in October, 2024.
