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The Dark Is RisingSeries
series5 books1965
Mythic fantasy, set in british isles.
“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 →
The Nsibidi ScriptsSeries
series3 books2011
About identity, set in africa.
“The Nsibidi Scripts follows Sunny Nwazue, a Nigerian-American albino girl living in Nigeria, as she discovers latent magical ability and is inducted into a hidden society of Leopard People with its own laws, dangers, and hierarchy.”
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Start with Akata Witch →
Young WizardsSeries
series24 books1983
About wizards, set in our world.
“Across fifteen books published between 1983 and 2019, the two age forward in something close to real time as their missions escalate from New York streets to alien worlds and beyond.”
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Start with So You Want to Be a Wizard →
The World of Skulduggery PleasantSeries
series38 books2007
Dark fantasy, set in our world.
“None require following a separate ongoing plot of their own.”
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Start with Skulduggery Pleasant →
The WitchesNovel
Roald Dahlstandalone novel1983
Dark fantasy, tense in tone, about survival, set in british isles.
“A dark fantasy, the story is set partly in Norway and partly in England, and features the experiences of a young English boy and his Norwegian grandmother in a world where child-hating societies of witches secretly exist in every country.”
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War for the OaksSeries
series2 books1987
About fae and music, set in north america and big city.
Start with War for the Oaks →