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KairosSeries
series11 books1962
completed
Science fiction.
Start with A Wrinkle in Time →
ReckonersSeries
series6 books2013
Tense in tone, set in near future.
“One young man orphaned by a High Epic joins a group that is killing Epics.”
from the catalogue
Start with Steelheart →
JumperSeries
series6 books1992
Tense in tone, about psychic powers.
“Steven Gould's series continues across Reflex, Impulse, and Exo, later following his and his wife's daughter as a second-generation jumper.”
from the catalogue
Start with Jumper →
InterWorldSeries
series3 books2007
Science fantasy and portal fantasy, set in parallel universe.
“Michael Reaves developed the story with Neil Gaiman, and Reaves's daughter Mallory Reaves co-wrote the two sequels.”
from the catalogue
Start with InterWorld →
The MissingSeries
series10 books2008
Time travel.
“Jonah Skidmore is one of the stolen children, and he, along with his non-adopted sister Katherine, must help return the missing kids to their rightful places in history and fix time before it is destroyed.”
from the catalogue
Start with Found →
The Extraordinaries (TJ Klune)Series
series3 books2020
Lighthearted in tone, set in big city.
“The Extraordinaries follows Nick Bell, a fanfiction-writing teenager with ADHD who is infatuated with his city's resident superhero, Shadow Star, and decides the only way to get noticed is to become extraordinary himself.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Extraordinaries →