Alternate Universe

Alternate Universe (often abbreviated as "AU") is a descriptor used to characterize fanworks which change one or more elements of the source work's canon. Also may be known as multiverse. The various universes within the multiverse are called "parallel universes", "other universes" or "alternate universes."

Often used in Fantasy, Science-Fiction, and Comic genres.

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The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1)
The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, #2)
The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, #3)
A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic, #1)
His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1)
The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)
Dark Matter
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
The Invisible Library (The Invisible Library, #1)
The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, #1)
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
Divergent (Divergent, #1)
The Midnight Library (The Midnight World, #1)
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
A Gathering of Shadows (Shades of Magic, #2)

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