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universe65 books1898

Alien invasion.

“No one would have believed, in the closing years of the nineteenth century, that human affairs were being watched keenly and closely from the timeless worlds of space.”
from the catalogue

Start with The War of the Worlds →

includes The War of the Worlds

KairosSeries

series11 books1962

completed

Start with A Wrinkle in Time →

Outlander (Diana Gabaldon)Series

series26 books1991

Historical fantasy, set in british isles and age of sail & 18th century.

“Initially set around the time of the Second World War, it focuses on nurse Claire Beauchamp, who travels through time to 18th-century Scotland, where she finds adventure and romance with the dashing Jamie Fraser.”
from the catalogue

Start with Outlander →

The Baroque CycleSeries

series11 books2003

Historical fiction, set in renaissance and early modern.

“The sciences of cryptology and numismatics feature heavily in the series, as they do in some of Stephenson's other works.”
from the catalogue

Start with Quicksilver →

Mortal EnginesUniverse

universe14 books2001

Post-apocalyptic and steampunk, set in far future.

“In a world where the cities were put on wheels to outrun a war that ended in a single afternoon, Municipal Darwinism is the law: big towns eat small ones, strip them for parts and take their people aboard as citizens or as scrap.”
from the catalogue

Start with Mortal Engines →

includes Hungry City Chronicles / Mortal Engines, Mortal Engines Prequels, Anna Fang

TimelineNovel

Michael Crichtonstandalone novel1999

Time travel, about survival and expeditions, set in medieval.

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