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Listopia > Elaine's votes on the list Paranormal & Fantasy Books Set In The British Isles (75 Books)
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The Curious Case of Miss Amelia Vernet
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Steam & Sorcery (Gaslight Chronicles, #1)
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"I absolutely love this fantasy adventure. The Gaslight Chronicles series is set in a Victorian London where Charles Babbage's 'thinking engines' have revolutionized science and invention, leading to airships, robotic animals, and all manner of mechanization. This London also boast vampyres, werewolves, fairies, and magyck. The adventure begins in this first book of the series."
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Crimes Against Magic (Hellequin Chronicles, #1)
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"Set in London and Winchester, this is the first book of the Hellequin Chronicles."
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Neverwhere (London Below, #1)
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"Richard Mayhew is a young man with a good heart and an ordinarylife, which is changed forever when he stops to help a girl he finds bleeding on a London sidewalk. His small act of kindness propels him into a world he never dreamed existed. There are people who fall through the cracks, and Richard has become one of them. And he must learn to survive in this city of shadows and darkness, monsters and saints, murderers and angels, if he is ever to return to the London that he knew."
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Advent (Advent Trilogy #1)
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"London, the present day. Fifteen-year-old Gavin Stokes is boarding a train to the countryside to live with his aunt. His school and his parents can't cope with him and the things he sees, things they tell him don't really exist. At Pendurra, Gavin finds people who are like him, who see things too. They all make the same strange claim: magic exists, it's leaking back into our world, and it's bringing something terrible with it."
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City of Lost Dreams (City of Dark Magic, #2)
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"The sequel to City of Dark Magic came out Nov 26, 2013. Set in Prague and in London."
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A Study in Ashes (The Baskerville Affair, #3)
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"The 3rd in The Baskerville Affair series. As part of her devil’s bargain with the industrial steam barons, Evelina Cooper is finally enrolled in the Ladies’ College of London. However, she’s attending as the Gold King’s pet magician, in handcuffs and forbidden contact with even her closest relation, the detective Sherlock Holmes.
Not even Niccolo, the dashing pirate captain, and his sentient airship can save her. But Evelina’s problems are only part of a larger war. The Baskerville Affair is finally coming to light, and the rebels are making their move to wrest power from the barons and restore it to Queen Victoria. Missing heirs and nightmare hounds are the order of the day—or at least that’s what Dr. Watson is telling the press." |
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Photographs & Phantoms (Gaslight Chronicles, #2)
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"The second of The Gaslight Chronicles, set in an altered Victorian London and England."
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Shadowdance (Darkest London, #4)
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"#4 in the Darkest London paranormal romance series. "
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Moonglow (Darkest London, #2)
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"The hottest paranormal romance out there, set in Darkest London."
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The Name of the Star (Shades of London, #1)
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"The day Louisiana teenager Rory Deveaux arrives in London marks a memorable occasion. For Rory, it's the start of a new life at a London boarding school. But for many, this will be remembered as the day a series of brutal murders broke out across the city, gruesome crimes mimicking the horrific Jack the Ripper events of more than a century ago.
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Hell and Earth (Promethean Age, #4)
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"Kit Marley and William Shakespeare are playwrights in the service of Queen Elizabeth, employed by the Prometheus Club. Their words, infused with magic, empower Her Majesty's rule. But some of the Prometheans, comprised of England's most influential men and mages, conspire to usurp the Queen."
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The Bone Season (The Bone Season, #1)
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"Science fiction set in an England of 2059."
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Something Red (Something Red, #1)
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"This historical fantasy is set in thirteenth century England. The young warrior Hob, his mentor Jack, the mystical Irish queen Molly, and her powerful granddaughter Nemain travelled far and wide, battling shapeshifters, sorceresses, warrior monks, and otherworldly knights. Now, a new type of evil has come to reside in a castle by the chilly waters of the North Sea. Men disappear and are found as horribly wizened corpses."
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The Wicked (Something Red, #2)
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"This sequel to Something Red is due out on March 25, 2014. Fantasy set in 13th century England."
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To Visit the Queen (Cats of Grand Central, #2)
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"Traveling back in time to 1874 London to prevent an assassination plot against Queen Victoria, the feline wizards of Grand Central Station -- leader Rhiow and her able partners Urrah and Arhu -- must summon their powers to avert disaster in Victorian England, or else their archenemy, the evil Lone One, will warp time and trigger Armageddon. Teamed with a young Arthur Conan Doyle, Queen Victoria herself, and other historical figures, the feline wizards set out to find the forgotten magic that will rewrite history -- or the cats who can save mankind will never have existed."
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Magnificent Devices (Magnificent Devices, #3)
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"A steampunk adventure novel."
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A Study in Darkness (The Baskerville Affair, #2)
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"Book 2 in The Baskerville Affair."
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Soulless (Parasol Protectorate, #1)
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"This steampunk/paranormal/fantasy/romance book is set in Victorian London."
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The Iron Duke (Iron Seas, #1)
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"Steampunk fantasy adventure/romance set in England and the high seas."
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Mairelon the Magician (Mairelon, #1)
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"Kim doesn't hesitate when a stranger offers her a small fortune to break into the travelling magician's wagon in search of a silver bowl. Kim isn't above a bit of breaking-and-entering. Having grown up a waif in the dirty streets of London-disguised as a boy!-has schooled her in one hard lesson: steal from them before they steal from you. "
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God Save the Queen (The Immortal Empire, #1)
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"The undead matriarch of a Britain where the Aristocracy is made up of werewolves and vampires, where goblins live underground and mothers know better than to let their children out after dark. A world where being nobility means being infected with the Plague (side-effects include undeath), Hysteria is the popular affliction of the day, and leeches are considered a delicacy. And a world where technology lives side by side with magic. The year is 2012 and Pax Britannia still reigns."
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Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices, #1)
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"In a time when Shadowhunters are barely winning the fight against the forces of darkness, one battle will change the course of history forever. Welcome to the Infernal Devices trilogy, a stunning and dangerous prequel to the New York Times bestselling Mortal Instruments."
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Clockwork Princess (The Infernal Devices, #3)
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Anno Dracula (Anno Dracula, #1)
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"It is 1888 and Queen Victoria has remarried, taking as her new consort Vlad Tepes, the Wallachian Prince infamously known as Count Dracula. Peppered with familiar characters from Victorian history and fiction, the novel follows vampire Geneviève Dieudonné and Charles Beauregard of the Diogenes Club as they strive to solve the mystery of the Ripper murders."
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The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)
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"Welcome to a surreal version of Great Britain, circa 1985, where time travel is routine, cloning is a reality (dodos are the resurrected pet of choice), and literature is taken very, very seriously. "
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Peter Pan (Peter Pan, #2)
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"Ah, Peter, Wendy, the Darlings, Tinkerbell, Captain Hook. Let's fly away."
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A Study in Silks (The Baskerville Affair, #1)
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"Set in an alternate London during the Victorian era."
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Burned (Fever, #7)
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"Set in Ireland, this book in the Darkfever series is due out on July 22, 2014."
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Iced (Fever, #6)
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"Starring Dani O'Malley and set in the streets of Dublin."
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Black Hearts in Battersea (The Wolves Chronicles, #2)
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Gold (Bandia, #2)
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"Fantasy novel set in Ireland."
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The Chronicles of Narnia (The Chronicles of Narnia, #1-7)
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The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (The Wolves Chronicles, #1)
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The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1)
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Dreaming the Eagle (Boudica, #1)
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Martin the Warrior (Redwall, #6)
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Over Sea, Under Stone (The Dark is Rising, #1)
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The Skystone (Camulod Chronicles, #1)
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The Isle of Glass (The Hound and the Falcon, #1)
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The Crystal Cave (Arthurian Saga, #1)
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The Hollow Hills (Arthurian Saga, #2)
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The Last Enchantment (Arthurian Saga, #3)
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The Wicked Day (Arthurian Saga, #4)
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The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1)
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The Once and Future King (The Once and Future King, #1-5)
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Five Children and It (The Psammead Trilogy, #1)
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Vampires, Scones, and Edmund Herondale (The Bane Chronicles, #3)
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Street Magic (Black London, #1)
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"Her name is Pete Caldecott. She was just sixteen when she met Jack Winter, a gorgeous, larger-than-life mage who thrilled her with his witchcraft. Then a spirit Jack summoned killed him before Pete's eyes -- or so she thought. Now a detective, Pete is investigating the case of a young girl kidnapped from the streets of London."
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Outlander (Outlander, #1)
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"More often classified as historical romance, but any book with time travel has fantasy elements. This one is a classic."
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A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle, #1)
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The Wind in the Willows
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Watership Down (Watership Down, #1)
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"I figure any book that has talking rabbits can be classified as fantasy. This is really a wonderful book."
Elaine
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
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The Selkie Spell (Seal Island, #1)
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"Set on a windswept Irish Island."
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Sorcery & Cecelia: or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot (Cecelia and Kate, #1)
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"Part fantasy, part mystery, part romance, part historical. The year is 1817 in an England where magic is as much a part of life as letter writing. The latter is of particular importance to Kate and Cecelia as the cousins spend the novel in separate parts of England. "
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Fire and Hemlock
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To Say Nothing of the Dog (Oxford Time Travel, #2)
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Dracula
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"Can be classified as horror, but it definitely has fantasy elements. Setting is Yorkshire, England."
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His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1)
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
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Clockwork Prince (The Infernal Devices, #2)
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Artemis Fowl (Artemis Fowl, #1)
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The Chronicles of Chrestomanci, Volume 1 (Chrestomanci, #1-2)
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The Magic of Finkleton (Finkleton, #1)
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"Soon after the Finkles inherit their Uncle Harry's shop and move to Finkleton, they discover magical secrets hidden in his shop. One clue at a time, Jack, Lizzy and Robert learn the town's amazing secret. No, Mother Nature is not in charge in Finkleton!"
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The Crown Tower (The Riyria Chronicles, #1)
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Greenwitch (The Dark is Rising, #3)
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The Tale of Hill Top Farm (The Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter, #1)
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The Stones of Muncaster Cathedral
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Dinner with a Vampire (The Dark Heroine, #1)
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"When party girl Violet Lee stumbles upon the charming and wicked vampire Kaspar Varn, she embarks on a dangerous adventure through London’s darkest streets and poshest neighborhoods. "
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The Secret of Platform 13
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"A forgotten door on an abandoned railway platform is the entrance to a magical kingdom--an island where humans live happily with feys, mermaids, ogres, and other wonderful creatures. Carefully hidden from the world, the Island is only accessible when the door opens for nine days every nine years. A lot can go wrong in nine days."
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Kiss of Steel (London Steampunk, #1)
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"Most people avoid the dreaded Whitechapel district. For Honoria Todd, it's the last safe haven. But at what price?
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Blade is known as the master of the rookeries—no one dares cross him. It's been said he faced down the Echelon's army single-handedly, that ever since being infected by the blood-craving he's been quicker, stronger, and almost immortal. " See Review |
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His Dark Materials (His Dark Materials #1-3)
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Changeless (Parasol Protectorate, #2)
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Blameless (Parasol Protectorate, #3)
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