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universe13 books1995

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

Lewis BarnaveltSeries

series12 books1973

Eerie in tone, set in north america.

“Lewis Barnavelt is a lonely orphan who moves in with his uncle Jonathan, an amateur wizard, in a rambling old house that turns out to hide a doomsday clock built into its walls by a previous, malevolent owner.”
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Start with The House with a Clock in Its Walls →

Caster Chronicles / Beautiful Creatures UniverseSeries

series8 books2009

Set in north america.

Start with Beautiful Creatures →

Solomon KaneSeries

series39 books1928

Sword and sorcery, dark in tone, set in renaissance and early modern.

“Solomon Kane is a fictional character created by the pulp-era writer Robert E. Howard.”
from the catalogue

Start with Red Shadows →

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.”
from the catalogue

Start with Welcome to the Jungle →

The Alpha HuntressSeries

series4 books2012

Fairy tale retelling.

Start with A Tale of Red Riding: Rise of the Alpha Huntress →

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