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series32 books2011

Urban fantasy and mystery & detective, set in contemporary and british isles.

“The author Ben Aaronovitch has subsequently written nine books in the Peter Grant Series, plus accompanying novellas, short stories, comics and graphic novels.”
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Start with Rivers of London →

Mythago WoodSeries

series7 books1984

completed

Mythic fantasy, eerie in tone, set in contemporary and british isles.

“The first novel follows Stephen Huxley investigating his family's obsession with the wood after his father's death; Holdstock continued the cycle across further novels and stories exploring different characters and eras.”
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Start with Mythago Wood →

The Night CircusNovel

Erin Morgensternstandalone novel2011

Historical fantasy and romance, set in our world.

The PrestigeNovel

Christopher Prieststandalone novel1995

Literary & general, about identity, set in our world and 19th century.

“There's a lot of focus on a trick, where he seems to move across any width of stage in an instant, and on a feud with another magician, Angier.”
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Lewis BarnaveltSeries

series12 books1973

Eerie in tone, set in north america and contemporary.

“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.”
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Start with The House with a Clock in Its Walls →

MagidsSeries

series2 books1997

completed

Whimsical in tone, set in contemporary.

“Diana Wynne Jones's Magids series continues with The Merlin Conspiracy, following a different young magic-user into the same multiverse of worlds under the Magids' watch.”
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Start with Deep Secret →

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