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series3 books2007

Dark fantasy, about coming of age, set in british isles.

“Neil Gaiman's 2008 novel won both the Newbery and Carnegie Medals, and illustrator P. Craig Russell later adapted it into a two-volume graphic novel.”
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Start with The Witch's Headstone →

The Dresden FilesSeries

series56 books2000

Urban fantasy, about wizards, set in north america.

“The novels are narrated from the first-person perspective of Harry Dresden, a private detective and wizard, as he investigates supernatural disturbances in contemporary Chicago.”
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Start with Welcome to the Jungle →

DraculaUniverse

universe144 books1897

Horror.

“Around that single novel a whole crypt of continuations has grown, raised by many writers across a century.”
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Start with Dracula →

includes Dracula Sequence, Theological College of St. Van Helsing, The Return of Dracula, Dracula's Children, Quincey Morris (Dracula spin-off), Dracula Adaptations

Anita BlakeSeries

series42 books1993

Urban fantasy, dark and tense in tone, set in north america.

“The books have sold more than six million copies; many have made The New York Times Best Seller list.”
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Start with Guilty Pleasures →

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.”
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Start with City of Bones →

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

BuffyverseUniverse

universe205 books1992

Urban fantasy, tense in tone, set in north america.

“Into every generation a Slayer is born: one girl in all the world with the strength to stand against the vampires, the demons, and the forces of darkness.”
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Start with Buffy the Vampire Slayer →

includes Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Slayer (Kiersten White), Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, Buffy: The Next Generation, Buffy Prequels

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