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Young WizardsSeries
series24 books1983
About wizards, set in our world.
“Across fifteen books published between 1983 and 2019, the two age forward in something close to real time as their missions escalate from New York streets to alien worlds and beyond.”
from the catalogue
Start with So You Want to Be a Wizard →
The Dark Is RisingSeries
series5 books1965
Set in british isles.
“The first book in the series, Over Sea, Under Stone, was originally conceived as a stand-alone novel, and the sequence gets its name from the second novel in the series, The Dark Is Rising.”
from the catalogue
Start with Over Sea, Under Stone →
SwitchersSeries
series3 books1997
About shapeshifters, set in british isles and our world.
“Kate Thompson's Switchers trilogy follows Tess, a Dublin teenager who can shapeshift into any animal but will lose the power forever on her fifteenth birthday.”
from the catalogue
Start with Switchers →
InterWorldSeries
series3 books2007
Science fantasy and portal fantasy, set in parallel universe.
“Michael Reaves developed the story with Neil Gaiman, and Reaves's daughter Mallory Reaves co-wrote the two sequels.”
from the catalogue
Start with InterWorld →
James and the Giant PeachNovel
Roald Dahlstandalone novel1961
Whimsical in tone, about found family, set in our world.
“There have been re-illustrated versions of it over the years, drawn by Michael Simeon, Emma Chichester Clark, Lane Smith and Quentin Blake.”
from the catalogue
TortallUniverse
universe25 books1983
Set in secondary world.
“In Tortall she does it anyway — and earns the right the hard way, through bruises, cold mornings in the training yard, and the slow winning-over of people who swore she'd fail.”
from the catalogue
Start with Alanna: The First Adventure →
includes Song of the Lioness, Protector of the Small, The Immortals, Beka Cooper / Provost's Dog, Daughter of the Lioness, The Numair Chronicles