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KairosSeries

series11 books1962

completed

Science fiction.

Start with A Wrinkle in Time →

Charlie (Roald Dahl)Series

series6 books1964

completed

Whimsical and funny in tone, about coming of age.

Start with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory →

Five Children UniverseSeries

series27 books1902

completed

Set in early 20th century and british isles.

“Neither book is by Nesbit herself, and the two have no direct connection to each other beyond both drawing on her creation.”
from the catalogue

Start with Five Children and It →

James and the Giant PeachNovel

Roald Dahlstandalone novel1961

Whimsical and adventurous in tone, about found family and coming of age.

“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

His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

Adventurous in tone, about coming of age, 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

The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse

universe70 books2007

Urban fantasy.

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

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