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The Curse WorkersSeries
series3 books2010
About curses and organized crime, set in north america and our world.
“Holly Black's Curse Workers trilogy is set in an alternate America where 'curse work' — magic that harms or transforms through touch — is illegal, enforced through gloves and Prohibition-era-style crime families.”
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Lockwood & Co.Series
series6 books2013
Ghost stories, eerie in tone, about friendship, set in big city.
Start with The Screaming Staircase →
Only a MonsterSeries
series3 books2022
Time travel, set in our world.
“The trilogy reframes familiar hero/monster tropes around a contemporary, time-travel fantasy premise.”
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The WitchesNovel
Roald Dahlstandalone novel1983
Dark fantasy, dark in tone, about witches and survival.
“A dark fantasy, the story is set partly in Norway and partly in England, and features the experiences of a young English boy and his Norwegian grandmother in a world where child-hating societies of witches secretly exist in every country.”
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Black MariaNovel
Diana Wynne Jonesstandalone novel1991
Eerie in tone, about witches.
CoralineSeries
series2 books2002
Portal fantasy and horror, eerie in tone.
“The Guardian ranked Coraline #82 in its list of 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.”
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Start with Coraline →