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series3 books2020

Tense in tone, set in north america.

“Tracy Deonn's Legendborn Cycle follows Bree Matthews, a Black teenager who enrolls in an early-college program and stumbles into a secret society descended from Arthurian legend operating alongside her North Carolina campus.”
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Start with Legendborn →

ShannaraUniverse

universe50 books1977

Epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Long after the world we know has burned itself to slag in the Great Wars, the Four Lands rise green over the bones of the old age.”
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Start with Imaginary Friends →

includes Word and the Void, The Genesis of Shannara, Voyage of the Jerle Shannara, The Fall of Shannara, The First Druids of Shannara, Heritage of Shannara, High Druid of Shannara, The Defenders of Shannara

Alex SternSeries

series4 books2019

Urban fantasy and dark fantasy, set in contemporary and big city.

“The opening novel, Ninth House, establishes her as an outsider gifted with the ability to see ghosts; the sequels continue her investigation into the societies' abuses and the murder that first drew her into Lethe's world.”
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Start with Ninth House →

Dreams and ShadowsSeries

series3 books2013

Set in contemporary and our world.

Start with Dreams and Shadows →

American GodsSeries

series10 books1999

Mythic fantasy, about gods.

“Gaiman's 2005 novel Anansi Boys is set in the same mythological world and shares the trickster god Mr. Nancy, but follows a different protagonist and story, making it a loose companion rather than a direct sequel.”
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Start with Keepsakes and Treasures: A Love Story →

Sandman SlimSeries

series15 books2009

Urban fantasy, dark in tone, set in contemporary and our world.

“Richard Kadrey's Sandman Slim follows James Stark, a magician who spent eleven years trapped fighting in Hell before escaping back to a Los Angeles that isn't much friendlier, looking for revenge against the circle that sent him there.”
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