Find your next SF/F read by mood

series10 books1999

Fantasy and mythic fantasy, about gods.

“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.”
from the catalogue

Start with Keepsakes and Treasures: A Love Story →

The Vampire ChroniclesSeries

series15 books1976

completed

Horror and gothic, dark in tone, about vampires.

“Based on a short story Rice wrote around 1968, the novel centers on vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac, who tells the story of his life to a reporter.”
from the catalogue

Start with Interview with the Vampire →

Dangerous VisionsSeries

series7 books1967

completed

Science fiction.

“The three books form a loosely connected set of era-defining anthologies spanning nearly six decades rather than a continuous story.”
from the catalogue

Start with Dangerous Visions →

His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

Fantasy, 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 The Book of Dust, His Dark Materials

The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse

universe70 books2007

Fantasy and urban fantasy.

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

KairosSeries

series11 books1962

completed

Science fiction.

Start with A Wrinkle in Time →

More like Fledgling