Find your next SF/F read by mood

series3 books2020

Lighthearted in tone, about identity.

“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.”
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Start with The Extraordinaries →

DCUniverse

universe542 books1942

Superhero, set in contemporary.

“Above Metropolis a figure holds the sun at his back; across the bay, Gotham keeps its secrets in the dark.”
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Start with It's Superman! →

includes Catwoman, Supergirl, The Flash, Lois Lane (YA), Superman Movie Adaptations, Smallville (YA), Superman, DC Super Hero Girls

Melvin Beederman SuperheroSeries

series8 books2006

Humor, funny in tone, set in our world.

“After graduating from the superhero academy, Melvin Beederman heads for Los Angeles, where he unexpectedly teams up with Candace Brinkwater, school play actress, to nab the evil McNasty Brothers.”
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Start with The Curse of the Bologna Sandwich →

ReckonersSeries

series6 books2013

Science fiction, tense in tone, set in near future.

“One young man orphaned by a High Epic joins a group that is killing Epics.”
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Start with Steelheart →

Supers of Noble's Green / Daniel CorriganSeries

series3 books2009

About friendship, set in small town.

“Superheroes soar in this promising debut--and they're kids!Twelve-year-old Daniel, the new kid in town, soon learns the truth about his nice--but odd--new friends: one can fly, another can turn invisible, yet another controls electricity.”
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Start with Powerless →

Heroine ComplexSeries

series7 books2016

Urban fantasy.

“Evie Tanaka is the put-upon personal assistant to Aveda Jupiter, her childhood best friend and San Francisco's most beloved superheroine.”
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Start with Heroine Complex →

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