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universe144 books1897

Horror.

“Around that single novel a whole crypt of continuations has grown, raised by many writers across a century.”
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Start with Dracula →

includes Dracula Sequence, Dracula Adaptations, Dracula's Children, The Return of Dracula, Quincey Morris (Dracula spin-off), Theological College of St. Van Helsing

The Stress of Her Regard UniverseSeries

series3 books1989

Historical fantasy, set in 19th century.

“Tim Powers's The Stress of Her Regard reimagines the lives of Byron, Shelley, and Keats through a secret history in which they are stalked and inspired by a nephilim, a shape-shifting vampiric being that acts as a deadly muse.”
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Start with The Stress of Her Regard →

Dominion of the FallenSeries

series16 books2015

About angels, set in early 20th century.

“The House of Shattered Wings opens Aliette de Bodard's Dominion of the Fallen in a Paris devastated by a magical war between rival Houses of fallen angels, its streets and ruins still haunted by the fighting.”
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Start with The House of Shattered Wings →

The Broken EmpireUniverse

universe27 books2011

Grimdark, set in secondary world.

“What looks like sword-and-castle medievalism is the ash of our own age, and the magic is only physics that learned to listen.”
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Start with Prince of Fools →

includes The Red Queen's War

NecroscopeSeries

series26 books1982

completed

Horror, tense in tone, about undead, set in contemporary.

“Harry turns that gift against Thibor Ferenczy, a vampire buried since the Middle Ages, and against Ferenczy's agent Boris Dragosani, a Soviet spy who has learned to tear secrets from corpses in pursuit of world domination.”
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Start with Necroscope →

The Vampyricon TrilogySeries

series3 books2005

Set in secondary world.

“Soon his skill becomes known to the Baron, who puts the young man in charge of his falcons.Now called Falconer, he rises fast and far.”
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Start with The Priest of Blood →

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