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  • Cover of Rivers of London
    Rivers of LondonSeries

    series · 32 books · 2011

    Set in contemporary and british isles.

    “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 Diviners
    The DivinersSeries

    series · 4 books · 2012

    Eerie in tone, about psychic powers, set in big city.

    “The plot follows seventeen-year-old Evie O'Neill as she helps her uncle Will—curator of the Museum of American Folklore, Superstition, and the Occult—uncover the killer behind a mysterious series of murders.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Diviners →

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  • Cover of Ministry of Alchemy
    Ministry of AlchemySeries

    series · 5 books · 2016

    Adventurous in tone, about political intrigue, set in middle east and big city.

    Start with A Dead Djinn in Cairo →

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  • Cover of Time and Again
    Time and AgainSeries

    series · 2 books · 1970

    completed

    Science fiction and time travel, set in big city.

    “Commercial artist Si Morley is recruited into a secretive government project testing whether self-hypnosis, combined with a recreated slice of 1880s Manhattan, can send someone back in time.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Time and Again →

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  • Cover of The Mortal Instruments
    The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse

    universe · 70 books · 2007

    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.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with City of Bones →

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  • Cover of Black Dragon
    Black DragonSeries

    series · 2 books · 1983

    About dragons and friendship, set in our world and contemporary.

    Start with Tea with the Black Dragon →

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