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William Gibson & Bruce Sterlingstandalone novel1990

Science fiction and steampunk, set in alternate earth.

“The computer age arrives a century early with Babbage's perfection of his 'analytical engine'.”
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series14 books2010

Set in alternate earth.

“Kate Elliott's Spiritwalker trilogy — Cold Magic, Cold Fire, Cold Steel — is an epic fantasy following two cousins navigating a world of dragons and cold magic.”
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Start with Cold Magic →

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.”
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Start with City of Bones →

includes The Infernal Devices, The Last Hours, The Dark Artifices, Magnus Bane, Ghosts of the Shadow Market, Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy, The Eldest Curses

The Last BindingSeries

series3 books2021

Historical fantasy and fantasy, set in 19th century and british isles.

“The first book in the Last Binding trilogy, A MARVELLOUS LIGHT is a queer historical fantasy set in an Edwardian England full of magic, contracts and conspiracies.”
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Start with A Marvellous Light →

DeryniUniverse

universe44 books1970

Set in secondary world and medieval.

“In the kingdom of Gwynedd, power is at once a sacrament and a heresy.”
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Start with Deryni Rising →

includes The Heirs of Saint Camber, Legends of Saint Camber, Chronicles of the Deryni, The Histories of King Kelson, The Childe Morgan

Stranje HouseSeries

series5 books2015

Historical fiction, adventurous in tone.

“The daughters of the beau monde who don’t fit high society’s constrictive mold are banished to Stranje House to be reformed into marriageable young ladies.”
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Start with A School for Unusual Girls →

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