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BelladonnaSeries
series4 books2022
Fantasy, set in secondary world.
“Set in a haunted, death-adjacent version of the era, it follows an orphaned heiress entangled with Death itself as she investigates the murders and mysteries surrounding her inherited estate.”
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Fire, Burn!Novel
John Dickson Carrstandalone novel1957
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“Carr considered this one of his best impossible crime novels.”
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TortallUniverse
universe25 books1983
Adventurous in tone, about coming of age.
“In Tortall she does it anyway — and earns the right the hard way, through bruises, cold mornings in the training yard, and the slow winning-over of people who swore she'd fail.”
from the catalogue
Start with Alanna: The First Adventure →
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GrishaverseUniverse
universe19 books2012
Fantasy, set in secondary world.
“Saints are canonized here the way soldiers are buried elsewhere — quietly, and too often.”
from the catalogue
Start with Six of Crows →
includes Six of Crows, The Nikolai Duology, The Grisha
Enemies of the PrinceSeries
series2 books2013
Fantasy, tense in tone, set in secondary world.
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RithmatistSeries
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Adventurous in tone, about magic schools and coming of age.
Start with The Rithmatist →