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Fire, Burn!Novel

John Dickson Carrstandalone novel1957

Tense in tone, set in 19th century.

“Carr considered this one of his best impossible crime novels.”
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The Devil in VelvetNovel

John Dickson Carrstandalone novel1951

Time travel, set in europe and renaissance and early modern.

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.”
from the catalogue

Start with Northern Lights →

includes The Book of Dust, His Dark Materials

The Celtic CrusadesSeries

series3 books1998

Historical fiction, adventurous in tone, about quests, set in europe.

“A Scottish boy travels to Jerusalem to try to regain his family's stolen lands, and ends up saving the relic Iron Lance that pierced Christ's side.”
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Start with The Iron Lance →

A MaggotNovel

John Fowlesstandalone novel1985

Historical fiction and postmodern, set in our world and age of sail & 18th century.

“Because of the narrative style and various metafictional devices, most critics classify it as a postmodern novel.”
from the catalogue

Merrily WatkinsSeries

series16 books1998

completed

Eerie in tone, set in contemporary.

“‘The red soil and the long, wooded hills… the twisted houses with old bones of blackened oak.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Wine of Angels →

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