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universe13 books1995

Fantasy, 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.”
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Start with Northern Lights →

includes The Book of Dust, His Dark Materials

An Old CaptivityNovel

Nevil Shutestandalone novel1940

Literary & general.

Empire of the SunSeries

series2 books1984

completed

About coming of age, set in east asia.

“J. G. Ballard's Empire of the Sun draws on his own childhood to follow Jim, a British boy separated from his parents in Japanese-occupied Shanghai during World War II and interned in a civilian camp for the rest of the war.”
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The TerrorNovel

Dan Simmonsstandalone novel2007

Horror, dark and tense in tone, set in 19th century.

“In the novel, while Franklin and his crew are plagued by starvation and illness, and forced to contend with mutiny and cannibalism, they are stalked across the bleak Arctic landscape by a monster.”
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Earth's ChildrenSeries

series6 books1980

About coming of age, set in prehistoric and europe.

“Although Auel had previously mentioned in interviews that there would be a seventh novel, publicity announcements for the sixth confirmed that it would be the final book in the sequence.”
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Start with The Clan of the Cave Bear →

Against the DayNovel

Thomas Pynchonstandalone novel2006

Literary & general, challenging in tone, about political intrigue.

“Like its predecessors, Against the Day is an example of historiographic metafiction or metahistorical romance.”
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