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series10 books1999

Mythic fantasy, about gods.

“Gaiman's 2005 novel Anansi Boys is set in the same mythological world and shares the trickster god Mr. Nancy, but follows a different protagonist and story, making it a loose companion rather than a direct sequel.”
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Start with Keepsakes and Treasures: A Love Story →

The Miraculous Journey of Edward TulaneNovel

Kate DiCamillostandalone novel2006

Emotional and bittersweet in tone, about coming of age and grief and loss.

“Following the life of a china rabbit, the book won the 2006 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award in the Fiction category.”
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His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

Adventurous in tone, about coming of age, 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.”
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Start with Northern Lights →

includes The Book of Dust, His Dark Materials

GodbodyNovel

Theodore Sturgeonstandalone novel1986

Science fiction, emotional and reflective in tone, about gods.

Only Begotten DaughterNovel

James Morrowstandalone novel1990

Satire, about gods and parenthood, set in north america.

Songs of the SeraphimSeries

series2 books2009

completed

Dark in tone, about angels and redemption.

“Angel Time introduces Toby O'Dare, a contract killer given a chance at redemption when an angel recruits him to intervene in a medieval crisis, sending him back through history rather than forward.”
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Start with Angel Time →

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