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The Difference EngineNovel

William Gibson & Bruce Sterlingstandalone novel1990

Science fiction and alternate history, set in alternate earth.

“The computer age arrives a century early with Babbage's perfection of his 'analytical engine'.”
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London Steampunk UniverseSeries

series14 books2012

Steampunk, set in 19th century and british isles.

Start with Kiss of Steel →

The Bookman UniverseSeries

series6 books2010

Mysterious in tone, about murder investigation.

Start with The Bookman →

Newbury & Hobbes InvestigationsSeries

series23 books2008

Mystery & detective.

“The Affinity Bridge, the opening novel, entangles them with a crashed automaton airship and a spreading plague of the reanimated; later books deepen Newbury's struggle with addiction and Veronica's search for her institutionalized sister.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Affinity Bridge →

Hunchback Assignments / Modo: Mission ClockworkSeries

series5 books2009

Adventurous in tone, about shapeshifters.

“A gripping new series combines Steampunk, spying, and a fantastic Victorian London.The mysterious Mr. Socrates rescues Modo, a child in a traveling freak show.”
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Start with The Hunchback Assignments →

The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse

universe70 books2007

Fantasy and 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, Magnus Bane, Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy, The Dark Artifices, Ghosts of the Shadow Market, The Eldest Curses

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