The Placebo Effect

The Placebo Effect is a franchise of interconnected novels written by Todd Dawson-Cooper. The series, broken into phases (not unlike the Marvel Cinematic Universe) consists of multiple trilogies, stand alone stories, and anthology books; spanning across numerous genres and taking place in different timeframes and alternate realities. 
Notably, while Apocalypse and Smoking The Filter are tied to The Placebo Effect franchise and it's canon, neither are considered an official a part of the series.
==Phase One==
* The Blank Earth Trilogy
** 1. Blank Earth
** 2. Of Cigarettes & Copulation
** 3. Snow In Summer
** 3.5. Nihilist Apathy
* The Revelations Trilogy
** 4. The Lost World
"Phase One" is the first part and takes place entirely within one universe: D-242. It consists almost entirely of the Blank Earth trilogy, which includes the transgressive drug drama Blank Earth and both it's indirect sequel (the noir pulp erotica; Of Cigarettes & Copulation) and prequel (the young adult romance novel Snow In Summer), as well as the short story collection Nihilist Apathy.
While taking place in separate locales, years and genres, the Blank Earth trilogy is closely linked through it's recurring and intermingled cast of characters (notably the protagonists of Jacob Delsin and Alex Peterson) as well as each novel's grounded [[ktone and the lack of any supernatural or science-fiction elements.
All three novels of the Blank Earth trilogy follow the perspective of the 'street level' characters, and involve a simple narrative structure told through a more philosophical, existential and sociological lens, dealing with abstract concepts/themes of self-identity, nostalgia, absurdism, moral relativism, utilitarianism, social alienation, and the processing of grief, while more concretely the novels address serious real-world issues such as substance addiction, poverty and/or economic insecurity, domestic and child abuse, depression/mental health, disability, suicide, and politics. 
Both Blank Earth and Of Cigarettes & Copulation are tonally bleak, dark, and gritty in both locale and character. However, Snow In Summer (while subtly still addressing many of the same thematic concepts) is far more light-hearted, upbeat, comedic, and nostalgic in presentation and style. Likewise, Of Cigarettes & Copulation is a far more complex narrative than the others, which subtly works to introduce the reader to several plot threads, themes, characters and concepts of the succeeding Revelations trilogy, while simultaneously concluding Jacob Delsin's character arc.
Nihilist Apathy is an anthology comprised of several self-contained short stories set at various times and locales in the Placebo Effect multiverse, these stories mostly work to "fill in the blanks" established by the main novels, and also help in concluding the character arcs for several characters such as Ryley Summers, Alex Peterson, while further planting the seeds for the succeeding trilogy.
The first novel of the Revelations trilogy; The Lost World, which is a reimagining of the 1912 Conan Doyle novella of the same name.
 	The Lost World	Snow In Summer	NA: Under The Stars	NA: The Rain of April	NA: The Melancholy of Separation	Blank Earth	Of Cigarettes & Copulation
Iris Adler 	Minor 	X 	X 	X 	X 	X 	Cameo
Dawn Anderson 	X 	X 	X 	Mentioned 	Secondary 	Main 	X
Jacob Delsin 	X 	Cameo 	Main 	Main 	Main 	Secondary 	Main
Alisa Hungerton 	Main 	X 	X 	X 	X 	X 	X
Emily Kaufman 	X 	X 	Main 	Mentioned 	X 	Main 	Cameo
Liam Kendall 	X 	X 	X 	X 	X 	Secondary 	Mentioned
Min-Ji Kim 	X 	X 	X 	Mentioned 	Secondary 	Secondary 	Cameo *
Ethan Lawson 	X 	X 	X 	X 	X 	X 	Mentioned
May Lawson 	X 	X 	X 	X 	X 	X 	Main
Jonah Miller 	X 	X 	Secondary 	Main 	X 	X 	X
Alex Peterson 	X 	Main 	X 	Main 	Main 	Main 	X
Sophia Procter 	X 	X 	X 	X 	X 	Secondary 	Main *
Ariel Reitman 	X 	Main 	X 	Mentioned 	Mentioned 	Mentioned 	X
Travis Renton 	X 	X 	X 	X 	X 	X 	Main
Ami Richards 	X 	X 	X 	Cameo 	Cameo 	Main 	Mentioned
Zachary Richards 	X 	X 	X 	Secondary 	Main 	Mentioned 	Cameo *
John Roxton 	Main 	X 	X 	X 	X 	X 	Secondary
Michael Sacchitello	X 	X 	X 	X 	X 	Main 	Mentioned
Jay Sanders 	X 	Secondary 	X 	X 	X 	Main 	Mentioned
Kim Summerlee 	Main 	X 	X 	X 	X 	X 	X
Ryley Summers 	X 	X 	X 	X 	Main 	Main 	X
John Watson 	X 	X 	X 	Cameo 	X 	X 	X
Taylor Watson 	X 	X 	Secondary 	Mentioned 	Mentioned 	X 	Mentioned
Zoë Watson 	X 	X 	Main 	Main 	Mentioned 	X 	Mentioned
==Phase Two==
* 5. Farewell Abodes
* The Revelations Trilogy
** 6. Uneven Odds
** 7. Crestfallen
* 8. Holmes
 	NA: Fragmentsof Ambrosia	Farewell Abodes	Uneven Odds	Crestfallen	Holmes
Iris Adler 	X 	X 	X 	X 	Main
Jacob Delsin 	Main 	Minor 	X 	X 	Minor
Eliza Harrower 	Main 	Minor 	X 	X 	Minor
William Holmes 	X 	X 	X 	X 	Main
Gladys Hungerton 	X 	X 	X 	Main 	X
Amber Knight 	X 	Main 	X 	X 	X
Benjamin Knight 	X 	Main 	X 	X 	X
Wesley Knight 	X 	Main 	X 	X 	X
May Lawson 	Main 	Mentioned 	X 	X 	Secondary
Noah Miller 	X 	X 	X 	X 	Minor
Will Parker 	X 	X 	Main 	X 	Minor
Tyler Robinson 	X 	X 	Main 	x 	Mentioned
John Roxton 	X 	X 	Cameo 	X 	Secondary
Michael Sacchitello	X 	X 	Mentioned 	X 	Mentioned
John Watson 	X 	X 	X 	X 	Main
Zoë Watson 	X 	X 	X 	X 	Main
==Phase Three==
* The Winters of Cascadia