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  • Cover of Marvel Universe
    MarvelUniverse

    universe · 492 books · 1967

    Superhero, set in contemporary.

    “Somewhere over the rooftops a kid in red-and-blue is swinging late to a job he can't afford to lose, an old soldier is arguing with a billionaire in a flying suit, and a team of the hunted are teaching frightened children how not to hate.”

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    Start with The Venom Factor →

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    includes The Legacy Quest Trilogy, X-Men movie adaptations, Wolverine, The Amazing Spider-Man: Young Reader Novels

  • Cover of Gone
    GoneSeries

    series · 9 books · 2008

    Tense and dark in tone, about survival.

    “Michael Grant's Gone series begins when everyone aged fifteen and older vanishes without warning from a swath of the California coast, trapping the town of Perdido Beach inside an impenetrable barrier the survivors call the FAYZ.”

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    Start with Gone →

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  • Cover of Renegades (Marissa Meyer)
    Renegades (Marissa Meyer)Series

    series · 3 books · 2017

    Tense in tone, about identity, set in big city.

    “Marissa Meyer's trilogy, continuing through Archenemies and Supernova, plays the two factions' history against the leads' divided loyalties; Meyer has said she doesn't plan to extend the series further.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Renegades →

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  • Cover of DC Universe
    DCUniverse

    universe · 542 books · 1942

    Superhero, set in contemporary.

    “Above Metropolis a figure holds the sun at his back; across the bay, Gotham keeps its secrets in the dark.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with It's Superman! →

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    includes The Flash, Batman, Justice League of America, Justice League, Supergirl, LEGO DC Comics Superheroes, The New Adventures of Superman, DC Super Hero Girls

  • Cover of Kairos
    KairosSeries

    series · 11 books · 1962

    completed

    Start with A Wrinkle in Time →

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  • Cover of Foundation Universe
    FoundationUniverse

    universe · 123 books · 1940

    About robots, set in far future.

    “There is a science that reads the future of quadrillions the way an astronomer reads the orbits of stars.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Foundation →

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    includes The Positronic Robot Stories, Trantorian Empire, The Collected Fiction of Isaac Asimov, Foundation, Second Foundation Trilogy, Foundation (Original Stories)