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  • Cover of The Mortal Instruments
    The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse

    universe · 70 books · 2007

    Fantasy.

    “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 →

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

  • Cover of The Dresden Files
    The Dresden FilesSeries

    series · 56 books · 2000

    Set in big city.

    “The novels are narrated from the first-person perspective of Harry Dresden, a private detective and wizard, as he investigates supernatural disturbances in contemporary Chicago.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Welcome to the Jungle →

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  • Cover of Young Wizards
    Young WizardsSeries

    series · 24 books · 1983

    Fantasy, about coming of age, set in our world.

    “Across fifteen books published between 1983 and 2019, the two age forward in something close to real time as their missions escalate from New York streets to alien worlds and beyond.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with So You Want to Be a Wizard →

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  • Cover of Fillory
    FillorySeries

    series · 7 books · 2009

    Fantasy and portal fantasy, about magic schools, set in secondary world.

    Start with The Magicians →

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  • Cover of Rivers of London
    Rivers of LondonSeries

    series · 32 books · 2011

    Mystery & detective, mysterious in tone, set in british isles and big city.

    “The author Ben Aaronovitch has subsequently written nine books in the Peter Grant Series, plus accompanying novellas, short stories, comics and graphic novels.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Rivers of London →

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  • Cover of The Iron Druid Chronicles
    The Iron Druid ChroniclesSeries

    series · 70 books · 2011

    Urban fantasy, set in contemporary.

    “All the books, including short stories, have recorded audiobooks narrated by Luke Daniels and Christopher Ragland”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Chapel Perilous →

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