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James and the Giant PeachNovel
Roald Dahlstandalone novel1961
Whimsical in tone, about found family.
“There have been re-illustrated versions of it over the years, drawn by Michael Simeon, Emma Chichester Clark, Lane Smith and Quentin Blake.”
from the catalogue
CoralineSeries
series2 books2002
Portal fantasy and horror, eerie in tone, set in parallel universe.
“The Guardian ranked Coraline #82 in its list of 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.”
from the catalogue
Start with Coraline →
Alfred KroppSeries
series3 books2005
About magical artifacts.
“Rick Yancey's Alfred Kropp trilogy follows the teenage title character through three young-adult fantasy-adventure novels.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp →
Underland ChroniclesSeries
series5 books2003
Epic fantasy, about war and quests.
“The Underland is inhabited by humans who traveled below hundreds of years ago, along with various giant versions of creatures like bats, cockroaches, and rats.”
from the catalogue
Start with Gregor the Overlander →
The Dark Is RisingSeries
series5 books1965
Mythic fantasy, set in british isles.
“The first book in the series, Over Sea, Under Stone, was originally conceived as a stand-alone novel, and the sequence gets its name from the second novel in the series, The Dark Is Rising.”
from the catalogue
Start with Over Sea, Under Stone →
His Dark MaterialsUniverse
universe13 books1995
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