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  • Cover of Five Children Universe
    Five Children UniverseSeries

    series · 27 books · 1902

    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 →

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  • Cover of Young Wizards
    Young WizardsSeries

    series · 24 books · 1983

    About wizards.

    “Across fifteen books published between 1983 and 2019, the two age forward in something close to real time as their missions escalate from New York streets to alien worlds and beyond.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with So You Want to Be a Wizard →

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  • Cover of Fionavar Universe
    Fionavar UniverseSeries

    series · 5 books · 1984

    Epic fantasy and portal fantasy, emotional in tone, set in secondary world.

    “Kay lived in the countryside near Aix-en-Provence, the setting of Ysabel, while he wrote it.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Summer Tree →

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  • Cover of The World of Skulduggery Pleasant
    The World of Skulduggery PleasantSeries

    series · 38 books · 2007

    Dark fantasy.

    “None require following a separate ongoing plot of their own.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Skulduggery Pleasant →

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  • Cover of Heir Chronicles
    Heir ChroniclesSeries

    series · 5 books · 2006

    About wizards, set in north america.

    “Cinda Williams Chima's Heir Chronicles begins with The Warrior Heir, in which sixteen-year-old Jack learns he has hidden magical, warrior ancestry and is drawn into training to fight enemy wizards he didn't know existed.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Warrior Heir →

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  • Cover of The Mortal Instruments
    The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse

    universe · 70 books · 2007

    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.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with City of Bones →

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