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DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Science fiction and space opera, set in far future and other star systems.

“The desert planet, where empire runs on a single substance: the spice melange, which folds space, prolongs life, and unlocks prescience, and which exists nowhere else in the known universe.”
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Start with Dune →

includes Dune, Dune Prequels, Background of the Dune Universe, Dune Sequels, Heroes of Dune

The Handmaid's TaleSeries

series3 books1985

Dystopia, about totalitarianism, set in north america and near future.

“The Handmaid's Tale is Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel set in Gilead, a totalitarian theocracy that has overthrown the United States and forces fertile women into reproductive servitude as Handmaids; it is narrated by one such woman, Offred.”
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Start with The Handmaid's Tale →

His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

Fantasy, 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 The Book of Dust, His Dark Materials

DeryniUniverse

universe44 books1970

Historical fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world and medieval.

“In the kingdom of Gwynedd, power is at once a sacrament and a heresy.”
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Start with Deryni Rising →

includes Legends of Saint Camber, The Histories of King Kelson, Chronicles of the Deryni, The Heirs of Saint Camber, The Childe Morgan

Robert LangdonSeries

series6 books2000

Thriller & suspense, tense in tone, set in contemporary and europe.

“The Robert Langdon novel series is named after Robert Langdon, the protagonist of the novels by American author Dan Brown.”
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Start with Angels & Demons →

PavaneSeries

series9 books1966

completed

Alternate history, reflective in tone, set in british isles.

“The interconnected stories follow different Dorset families across generations as long-suppressed dissent against Church rule begins to stir.”
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Start with Brother John →

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