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series13 books1996

Historical fantasy, about fae, set in 19th century.

“Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell reintroduces magic to an alternate nineteenth-century England, centering on the prickly rivalry between the two title magicians as they revive a lost English tradition.”
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The Dark Is RisingSeries

series5 books1965

Adventurous in tone, set in contemporary.

“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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Fire and HemlockNovel

Diana Wynne Jonesstandalone novel1984

About fae and amnesia, set in contemporary.

The Anubis GatesSeries

series3 books1983

Time travel and historical fantasy, adventurous in tone, set in 19th century.

“The plot concerns an English professor who participates in a time travel experiment and ends up trapped in the 19th century.”
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Mythago WoodSeries

series7 books1984

completed

Eerie in tone, set in contemporary.

“The first novel follows Stephen Huxley investigating his family's obsession with the wood after his father's death; Holdstock continued the cycle across further novels and stories exploring different characters and eras.”
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Avalon: The Return of King ArthurNovel

Stephen R. Lawheadstandalone novel1999

Historical fantasy, about reincarnation and chosen one, set in contemporary.

“For James Arthur Stuart is not the commoner he has always believed himself to be—he is Arthur, the legendary King of Summer, reborn.”
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