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series5 books1984

Epic fantasy and fantasy, emotional in tone, set in contemporary.

“Kay lived in the countryside near Aix-en-Provence, the setting of Ysabel, while he wrote it.”
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series4 books2011

Fantasy, emotional in tone.

“From copyright page: Seventeen year old Karou, a lovely, enigmatic art student in a Prague boarding school, carries a sketchbook of hideous, frightening monsters - the chimerae who form the only family she has ever known.”
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Start with Daughter of Smoke & Bone →

Dominion of the FallenSeries

series16 books2015

Dark fantasy, about angels, set in early 20th century and europe.

“The House of Shattered Wings opens Aliette de Bodard's Dominion of the Fallen in a Paris devastated by a magical war between rival Houses of fallen angels, its streets and ruins still haunted by the fighting.”
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Start with The House of Shattered Wings →

The Green Bone SagaSeries

series5 books2017

Fantasy, about political intrigue and organized crime, set in big city.

“A prequel novella, The Jade Setter of Janloon, was released in 2022; and a collection of short stories, Jade Shards, was released in 2023.”
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Start with Jade City →

The ScholomanceSeries

series3 books2020

Fantasy, about magic schools and survival.

Start with A Deadly Education →

FillorySeries

series7 books2009

Fantasy and portal fantasy, about magic schools, set in contemporary.

Start with The Magicians →

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