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KairosSeries
series11 books1962
completed
Science fiction.
Start with A Wrinkle in Time →
The Extraordinaries (TJ Klune)Series
series3 books2020
Lighthearted in tone, set in big city.
“The Extraordinaries follows Nick Bell, a fanfiction-writing teenager with ADHD who is infatuated with his city's resident superhero, Shadow Star, and decides the only way to get noticed is to become extraordinary himself.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Extraordinaries →
Modern Tale of FaerieSeries
series4 books2002
Urban fantasy and fantasy, about fae.
Start with Tithe →
ReckonersSeries
series6 books2013
Tense in tone, set in near future.
“One young man orphaned by a High Epic joins a group that is killing Epics.”
from the catalogue
Start with Steelheart →
JumperSeries
series6 books1992
Tense in tone, about psychic powers.
“Steven Gould's series continues across Reflex, Impulse, and Exo, later following his and his wife's daughter as a second-generation jumper.”
from the catalogue
Start with Jumper →
DivergentSeries
series10 books2011
Dystopia, tense in tone, set in near future and big city.
Start with The Transfer →