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Clive Barkerstandalone novel1985

Dark fantasy, tense in tone, about revenge, set in our world.

“Marty, out of his depth from the start, finds himself the only one willing to stand against Mamoulian.”
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HellraiserSeries

series5 books1991

Dark fantasy, about demons.

“Clive Barker's The Hellbound Heart introduces the puzzle box that summons the Cenobites and the domestic horror story around it, later adapted into the Hellraiser film series.”
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Start with The Hellbound Heart →

After Such KnowledgeSeries

series7 books1953

completed

“After Such Knowledge is James Blish's loosely linked trilogy on the costs of forbidden or dangerous knowledge.”
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Start with Doctor Mirabilis →

The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse

universe70 books2007

Urban fantasy.

“There is a world laid over your own like a second skin, and you have been trained since birth not to see it.”
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Start with City of Bones →

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

The Legendborn CycleSeries

series3 books2020

Urban fantasy, 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 →

Castle RockSeries

series16 books1978

Set in north america and small town.

“Castle Rock is the fictional Maine town that links a cluster of otherwise separate Stephen King novels and novellas, including The Dead Zone, Cujo, The Dark Half, Needful Things, and Elevation.”
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Start with Nona →

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