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The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse
universe70 books2007
Urban fantasy, set in contemporary.
“There is a world laid over your own like a second skin, and you have been trained since birth not to see it.”
from the catalogue
Start with City of Bones →
includes The Infernal Devices, The Last Hours, The Dark Artifices, Ghosts of the Shadow Market, Magnus Bane, Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy, The Eldest Curses
The Raven KingSeries
series13 books1996
Historical fantasy, about fae, set in 19th century and british isles.
“Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell reintroduces magic to an alternate nineteenth-century England, centering on the prickly rivalry between the two title magicians as they revive a lost English tradition.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Ladies of Grace Adieu →
Onyx CourtSeries
series7 books2008
Historical fantasy, tense in tone, about fae, set in british isles.
“Marie Brennan's Onyx Court series is set in a faerie court hidden beneath London, ruled across the centuries by successive fae monarchs shadowing the human city above.”
from the catalogue
Start with Midnight Never Come →
The City BeautifulNovel
Aden Polydorosstandalone novel2021
Dark in tone, about demons and identity.
KindredNovel
Octavia E. Butlerstandalone novel1979
Science fiction and time travel, about slavery and race and racism.
“Widely popular, it has frequently been chosen as a text by community-wide reading programs and book organizations, and for high school and college courses.”
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Gemma DoyleSeries
series4 books2003
About coming of age and friendship.
Start with A Great and Terrible Beauty →