His Dark Materials



The first triloy take place across a multiverse, moving between many parallel worlds. In Northern Lights, the story takes place in a world with some similarities to our own: dress-style resembles that of the UK's Edwardian era; the technology does not include cars or fixed-wing aircraft, but zeppelins feature as a mode of transport.

The dominant religion has parallels with Christianity.[6] The Church (governed by the "Magisterium", the same name as the authority of the Catholic Church) exerts a strong control over society and has some of the appearance and organisation of the Catholic Church, but one in which the centre of power had moved from Rome to Geneva, moved there by Pullman's fictional "Pope John Calvin" (Geneva was the home of the historical John Calvin).

In The Subtle Knife, the story moves between the world of the first novel, our own world, and another world, the city of Cittàgazze. In The Amber Spyglass, all those and several other parallel worlds appear.

Lyra's Oxford : The first of two short books, Lyra's Oxford takes place two years after the timeline of The Amber Spyglass. A witch who seeks revenge for her son's death in the war against the Authority draws Lyra, now 15, into a trap. Birds mysteriously rescue her and Pan, and she makes the acquaintance of an alchemist, formerly the witch's lover.

Once Upon a Time in the North : This novella serves as a prequel to His Dark Materials and focuses on the Texan aeronaut Lee Scoresby as a young man. After winning his hot-air balloon, Scoresby heads to the North, landing on the Arctic island Novy Odense, where he is pulled into a conflict between the oil tycoon Larsen Manganese, the corrupt mayoral candidate Ivan Poliakov, and his longtime enemy from the Dakota Country, Pierre McConville. The story tells of Lee and Iorek's first meeting and of how they overcame these enemies.

The Collectors : A short story originally released exclusively as an audiobook by Audible in December 2014, narrated by actor Bill Nighy. The story refers to the early life of Mrs Coulter and is set in the senior common room of an Oxford college.

The Book of Dust : The Book of Dust is a second trilogy of novels set before, during and after His Dark Materials. The first book, La Belle Sauvage, was published on 19 October 2017. The second book, The Secret Commonwealth, was published on 3 October 2019.

Serpentine : A novella that was released in October 2020. Set after the events of The Amber Spyglass and before The Secret Commonwealth, Lyra and Pantalaimon journey back to the far North to meet with the Consul of Witches.


READING ORDER can per year of release or as below
00 Once Upon A Time In The North (Prequel To His Dark Materials)
01 Northern Lights (or The Golden Compass)
02 The Subtle Knife
03 The Amber Spyglass
03.5a Lyra's Oxford
03.5b Serpentine (but before The Secret Commonwealth)
04 La Belle Sauvage - 01 - The Book Of Dust (Parallel story along His Dark Materials)
05 The Secret Commonwealth - 02 - The Book Of Dust (Parallel story along His Dark Materials)

06 YET TO BE RELEASED - 03 - The Book Of Dust

07 The Collectors : The story refers to the early life of Mrs Coulter and is set in the senior common room of an Oxford college.

The year mentioned at the end of each book mentioned are for the English translation releases. Visit below links for more information on the author and books.

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About Author: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Pullman
For more info: https://www.goodreads.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=Philip+Pullman&search_type=books&search%5Bfield%5D=author
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