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series12 books1896

Set in 19th century.

“Taken together, the group traces one unsettling premise across more than a century of speculative fiction rather than forming a single ongoing story.”
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Start with The Island of Dr. Moreau →

Red Death (Bethany Griffin)Series

series3 books2012

Start with Masque of the Red Death →

His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, 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.”
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Start with Northern Lights →

includes His Dark Materials, The Book of Dust

Mortal EnginesUniverse

universe14 books2001

Post-apocalyptic, adventurous in tone, 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.”
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Start with Mortal Engines →

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

The Leviathan TrilogySeries

series3 books2009

Alternate history, adventurous in tone, about genetic engineering, set in early 20th century.

“Set in an alternate First World War, Leviathan splits the belligerents into Clankers, who fight with mechanical walkers, and Darwinists, who fight with fabricated living creatures built from spliced DNA.”
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Start with Leviathan →

RailseaNovel

China Miévillestandalone novel2012

Fantasy and weird fiction, adventurous in tone, set in secondary world.

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