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The Dark Is RisingSeries
series5 books1965
Mythic fantasy.
“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.”
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Start with Over Sea, Under Stone →
The Ogre DownstairsNovel
Diana Wynne Jonesstandalone novel1974
Whimsical in tone, about family secrets, set in our world.
“When a disagreeable man with two boys marries a widow with three children, family adjustments are complicated by two magic chemistry sets which cause strange things to happen around the house.”
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Lockwood & Co.Series
series6 books2013
Ghost stories, eerie in tone, set in big city.
Start with The Screaming Staircase →
ChrestomanciSeries
series12 books1977
completed
Whimsical in tone, set in parallel universe.
“Greenwillow Books published a US edition within the calendar year.”
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Start with Charmed Life →
Bod OwensSeries
series3 books2007
Dark fantasy, bittersweet in tone, about found family, set in our world.
“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 →
BoggartSeries
series3 books1993
Whimsical in tone, about fae.
“Cooper, best known for The Dark Is Rising sequence, writes here in a lighter fantasy-adventure register.”
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Start with The Boggart →