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universe13 books1995

Fantasy, 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 His Dark Materials, The Book of Dust

KairosSeries

series11 books1962

completed

Science fiction.

Start with A Wrinkle in Time →

TripodsSeries

series4 books1967

completed

Post-apocalyptic, about aliens and rebellion and revolution, set in near future.

“The first two books were the basis of a science fiction TV series, produced in the United Kingdom in the 1980s.”
from the catalogue

Start with When the Tripods Came →

The Star BeastNovel

Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1954

First contact, about aliens and coming of age, set in near future.

“A talking alien pet has grown to the size of a small dinosaur.”
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Mortal EnginesUniverse

universe14 books2001

Post-apocalyptic, about survival, set in far future.

“In a world where the cities were put on wheels to outrun a war that ended in a single afternoon, Municipal Darwinism is the law: big towns eat small ones, strip them for parts and take their people aboard as citizens or as scrap.”
from the catalogue

Start with Mortal Engines →

includes Hungry City Chronicles / Mortal Engines, Mortal Engines Prequels, Anna Fang

Maximum RideSeries

series12 books2005

Science fantasy, about genetic engineering and found family.

Start with The Angel Experiment →

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