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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.”
from the catalogue

Start with Northern Lights →

includes His Dark Materials, The Book of Dust

Thursday NextSeries

series8 books2001

Funny and whimsical in tone, about books and reading.

“Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next novels follow a literary detective in an alternate England who can jump physically into the world of books to solve crimes against literature itself.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Eyre Affair →

Artemis FowlSeries

series15 books2001

Adventurous in tone, about fae, set in our world.

“As of 2013, the novels have sold more than 21 million copies in 44 languages, and are one of the best-selling series of all time.”
from the catalogue

Start with LEPrecon →

Fire and HemlockNovel

Diana Wynne Jonesstandalone novel1984

Mythic fantasy, about fae and amnesia.

InterWorldSeries

series3 books2007

Science fantasy, adventurous in tone, 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 →

KairosSeries

series11 books1962

completed

Start with A Wrinkle in Time →

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