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Christopher Prieststandalone novel1995

Literary & general, mysterious in tone, about identity, set in our world.

“There's a lot of focus on a trick, where he seems to move across any width of stage in an instant, and on a feud with another magician, Angier.”
from the catalogue

The Iremonger TrilogySeries

series3 books2013

Eerie in tone, set in big city.

“Clod Iremonger, who lives with his family at Heap House surrounded by the garbage and discards of London, has the gift--or curse--of hearing the whispers of objects in the rubbish heaps surrounding his house.”
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Start with Heap House →

The Turn of the ScrewSeries

series3 books1898

Gothic.

“A stage adaptation of James's original text also exists.”
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Start with The Turn of the Screw →

The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse

universe70 books2007

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.”
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Start with City of Bones →

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

The Lie TreeNovel

Frances Hardingestandalone novel2015

Historical fantasy, mysterious in tone, about coming of age.

The Night GardenerNovel

Jonathan Auxierstandalone novel2014

Gothic, eerie in tone, about curses.

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