Find your next SF/F read by mood

series12 books1973

Eerie in tone, set in north america.

“Lewis Barnavelt is a lonely orphan who moves in with his uncle Jonathan, an amateur wizard, in a rambling old house that turns out to hide a doomsday clock built into its walls by a previous, malevolent owner.”
from the catalogue

Start with The House with a Clock in Its Walls →

All SoulsSeries

series5 books2011

Historical fantasy, about vampires and forbidden love, set in europe.

Start with A Discovery of Witches →

His Dark MaterialsUniverse

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

This Poison HeartSeries

series2 books2021

About coming of age, set in north america.

“Darkness blooms in bestselling author Kalynn Bayron's new contemporary fantasy about a girl with a unique and deadly power.”
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Start with This Poison Heart →

The Books of ElsewhereSeries

series5 books2010

Portal fantasy, eerie in tone, about coming of age.

“When eleven-year-old Olive and her distracted parents move into an old Victorian mansion, Olive finds herself ensnared in a dark plan involving some mysterious paintings, a trapped and angry nine-year-old boy, and three talking cats.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Shadows →

Bod OwensSeries

series3 books2007

Dark fantasy, about coming of age, set in british isles.

“Neil Gaiman's 2008 novel won both the Newbery and Carnegie Medals, and illustrator P. Craig Russell later adapted it into a two-volume graphic novel.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Witch's Headstone →

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