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universe13 books1995

Adventurous in tone, 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

Russian / Jewish Fairy Tales RetoldSeries

series4 books2015

Fairy tale retelling, set in secondary world.

“The two books share no characters or setting, only Novik's method of building a novel around one inherited folk tale.”
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Start with Excerpt from Uprooted →

House of NightSeries

series20 books2007

About vampires, set in contemporary and north america.

“Books in the series have been on the New York Times Best Seller list for 63 weeks and have sold over seven million copies in North America, and more than ten million books worldwide, in 39 countries.”
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Start with Marked →

Caster Chronicles / Beautiful Creatures UniverseSeries

series8 books2009

Set in contemporary and north america.

Start with Beautiful Creatures →

WinterlandsSeries

series7 books1986

About dragons and demons, set in secondary world.

“Once there, they learn Gareth is the crown prince, acting against his father's wishes, and that the dragon Morkeleb the Black is only one thread in a web that includes a sorceress with a grip on the king.”
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Start with Dragonsbane →

The Kendra ChroniclesSeries

series5 books2007

Fairy tale retelling, set in our world and contemporary.

“Later books widen the cast to other characters from that story — Lindy, the witch Kendra herself — while staying inside the same fairy-tale-updated-to-Manhattan premise.”
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Start with Beastly →

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