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    Crown & KeySeries

    series · 3 books · 2015

    About monster hunting.

    Start with The Shadow Revolution →

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    The Raven KingSeries

    series · 13 books · 1996

    About fae.

    “Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell reintroduces magic to an alternate nineteenth-century England, centering on the prickly rivalry between the two title magicians as they revive a lost English tradition.”

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    Start with The Ladies of Grace Adieu →

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    The Dresden FilesSeries

    series · 56 books · 2000

    Urban fantasy, set in contemporary and north america.

    “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.”

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    Start with Welcome to the Jungle →

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    Elemental MastersSeries

    series · 59 books · 1995

    Set in europe.

    “Mercedes Lackey's Elemental Masters series reimagines classic fairy tales in various historical settings, with mages who each command one of the four elements — fire, water, earth, or air.”

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    Start with The Fire Rose →

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    Jane Yolen · standalone novel · 2003

    Adventurous in tone, about political intrigue, set in medieval.

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    The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse

    universe · 70 books · 2007

    Urban fantasy, 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.”

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    Start with City of Bones →

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