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Ready Player OneSeries
series3 books2011
Cyberpunk and dystopia, set in near future.
“The 2020 sequel, Ready Player Two, picks up after Wade has gained control of the OASIS and follows him and his friends into a new quest built around a brain-computer interface the creator left behind.”
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Start with Ready Player One →
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.”
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Start with InterWorld →
His Dark MaterialsUniverse
universe13 books1995
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
Avatar ChroniclesSeries
series3 books2004
Set in near future.
Start with Epic →
Alfred KroppSeries
series3 books2005
About magical artifacts, set in our world.
“Rick Yancey's Alfred Kropp trilogy follows the teenage title character through three young-adult fantasy-adventure novels.”
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Start with The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp →
The Family TreeNovel
Sheri S. Tepperstandalone novel1997
About prophecy and ecological collapse, set in our world.
“Dora Henry is a policewoman who is investigating the possibly connected murders of local scientists; she is married to Jared, a strange and emotionless neat-freak, who dotes on his immaculately trimmed lawn.”
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