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KairosSeries

series11 books1962

completed

Science fiction.

Start with A Wrinkle in Time →

Five Children UniverseSeries

series27 books1902

completed

Set in early 20th century and british isles.

“Neither book is by Nesbit herself, and the two have no direct connection to each other beyond both drawing on her creation.”
from the catalogue

Start with Five Children and It →

The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse

universe70 books2007

Fantasy and urban fantasy, set in contemporary.

“There is a world laid over your own like a second skin, and you have been trained since birth not to see it.”
from the catalogue

Start with City of Bones →

includes Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy, Ghosts of the Shadow Market, Magnus Bane, The Infernal Devices, The Dark Artifices, The Eldest Curses, The Last Hours

His Dark MaterialsUniverse

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.”
from the catalogue

Start with Northern Lights →

includes His Dark Materials, The Book of Dust

Monster HighUniverse

universe61 books2010

Fantasy.

“New Salem High has a dress code problem: the daughter of Frankenstein's monster has bolts, the sea monster's daughter has scales, the werewolf sheds, and all of them are supposed to blend in with the normies.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Storybook of Legends →

includes Monster High: Ghoulfriends Forever, Monster High, Ever After High School Stories, Ever After High, Monster High School Spirits, Once Upon a Twist, Monster High Junior Novels, Monster High: Electrified

EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Epic fantasy, reflective in tone, about wizards.

“There is a lesson every wizard of Earthsea learns young: to know a thing's true name is to hold its whole being, and to speak it is to move the balance of the world.”
from the catalogue

Start with A Wizard of Earthsea →

includes Earthsea Cycle

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