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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.”
from the catalogue

Start with Five Children and It →

Tales of MagicSeries

series7 books1954

completed

Whimsical in tone, about friendship.

“Each book follows a different, sometimes overlapping set of children and a different magical object or rule, from Knight's Castle to the deliberately ambiguous Magic or Not? and its sequel The Well-Wishers.”
from the catalogue

Start with Half Magic →

AlderleySeries

series4 books1960

Mythic fantasy, about quests, set in british isles.

“The three books span most of Garner's writing life rather than forming one continuous trilogy.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Weirdstone of Brisingamen →

Lewis BarnaveltSeries

series12 books1973

Eerie in tone, set in north america.

“Lewis Barnavelt is a lonely orphan who moves in with his uncle Jonathan, an amateur wizard, in a rambling old house that turns out to hide a doomsday clock built into its walls by a previous, malevolent owner.”
from the catalogue

Start with The House with a Clock in Its Walls →

His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

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 His Dark Materials, The Book of Dust

Chitty Chitty Bang BangSeries

series10 books1964

Whimsical in tone.

Start with Chitty Chitty Bang Bang →

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