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NeedSeries
series4 books2009
Tense in tone, about fae.
“The focus of the story is a teenage girl named Zara, who joins a struggle against a society of malicious pixies.”
from the catalogue
Start with Need →
Caster Chronicles / Beautiful Creatures UniverseSeries
series8 books2009
Fantasy.
Start with Beautiful Creatures →
Flowers for AlgernonNovel
Daniel Keyesstandalone novel1966
Science fiction, about genetic engineering and loneliness.
“A man with a low IQ becomes the subject of an experimental medical procedure which raises his IQ well over genius level.”
from the catalogue
The ChangeoverNovel
Margaret Mahystandalone novel1984
Paranormal romance, tense in tone, about witches, set in oceania.
Weetzie BatSeries
series7 books1989
Literary & general, whimsical in tone, set in big city.
“The books follow main character, Weetzie Bat and her friends and family members, who all live in Los Angeles.”
from the catalogue
Start with Weetzie Bat →
de Lint Master MythosUniverse
universe151 books1977
Urban fantasy, set in contemporary.
“Newford you find by ear — a fiddle tune drifting up from a subway grate, a story a friend swears is true, the particular hush of an alley where the streetlight never quite reaches.”
from the catalogue
Start with Juniper Wiles →
includes Wildlings, Santo del Vado Viejo, AZ, Cerin Songweaver