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  • Cover of The Mortal Instruments
    The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse

    universe · 70 books · 2007

    “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 →

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

  • Cover of Rivers of London
    Rivers of LondonSeries

    series · 32 books · 2011

    Mystery & detective, mysterious in tone, about murder investigation.

    “The author Ben Aaronovitch has subsequently written nine books in the Peter Grant Series, plus accompanying novellas, short stories, comics and graphic novels.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Rivers of London →

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  • Cover of The Dresden Files
    The Dresden FilesSeries

    series · 56 books · 2000

    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 →

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  • Cover of Alex Verus
    Alex VerusSeries

    series · 14 books · 2012

    Urban fantasy, set in contemporary.

    “Starting with Fated, the series escalates from small jobs and favors into open conflict with the Council structure and Alex's own former master, as his precognitive gift proves more dangerous to wield than it first appears.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Fated →

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  • Cover of Atlas (Olivie Blake)
    Atlas (Olivie Blake)Series

    series · 3 books · 2020

    About magic schools.

    “Olivie Blake's Atlas trilogy follows six magical scholars recruited into a secretive society that grants near-limitless magical resources in exchange for a mortal cost only revealed after they've already committed.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Atlas Six →

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  • Cover of Alchemy of Secrets
    Alchemy of SecretsSeries

    series · 1 book · 2025

    Mystery & detective, mysterious in tone, about magical artifacts, set in north america.

    “Pulled into a hidden magical Los Angeles alongside a stranger who claims her missing sister sent him to protect her, Holland has to work out who is lying to her before the clock runs out.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Alchemy of Secrets →

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