The Book of Dust

Maybe you preordered the next Lightlark novel, Crowntide, eons ago - or maybe you've never even heard of author Alex Aster (who's great, by the way). These are the young-adult book series on Us' ever-growing TBR pile. Newbies can start at the beginning, and fans, consider this your alert for new releases!

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The Book of Dust

NUMBER OF TITLES: 3

WHAT IT'S ABOUT: After the trilogy His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman continued the tale of scrappy young Lyra Belacqua (she had her own prophecy!) here.

WHY WE LOVE IT: Not to be cliché, but the world-building is beyond your imagination, like the idea of human souls manifested as animals called daemons.

WHAT'S NEW: In the just-released wrap-up The Rose Field, Lyra is alone in a city haunted by daemons, and her own, the pine marten Pan, is missing. (out now)

Secrets of the Nile

NUMBER OF TITLES: 2

WHAT IT'S ABOUT: In Isabel Ibañez's historical fantasy set in Egypt, orphaned Inez Olivera inherits a fortune and starts to delve into her parents' deaths.