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Marianne Curleystandalone novel2000

About psychic powers and coming of age.

“How can she convince him that he has a gift, a gift that he must use to unravel mysteries that have hung over his family for generations?”
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Five Children UniverseSeries

series27 books1902

completed

Set in early 20th century and british isles.

“Neither book is by Nesbit herself, and the two have no direct connection to each other beyond both drawing on her creation.”
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Start with Five Children and It →

MagidsSeries

series2 books1997

completed

Whimsical in tone, about wizards.

“Diana Wynne Jones's Magids series continues with The Merlin Conspiracy, following a different young magic-user into the same multiverse of worlds under the Magids' watch.”
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Start with Deep Secret →

Teardrop TrilogySeries

series2 books2013

Romance, about forbidden love.

“Eureka Boudreaux's mother drilled that rule into her daughter years ago.”
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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.”
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Start with Northern Lights →

includes His Dark Materials, The Book of Dust

Mythago WoodSeries

series7 books1984

completed

Mythic fantasy, eerie in tone, set in british isles.

“The first novel follows Stephen Huxley investigating his family's obsession with the wood after his father's death; Holdstock continued the cycle across further novels and stories exploring different characters and eras.”
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Start with Mythago Wood →

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