▁book ▁to ▁receive ▁that ▁award . ▁The ▁series ▁won ▁popular ▁acc laim ▁in ▁late ▁ 2 0 0 3 , ▁taking ▁third ▁place ▁in ▁the ▁BBC ' s ▁Big ▁Read ▁poll . ▁P ull man ▁has ▁written ▁two ▁companion ▁pieces ▁to ▁the ▁tr il ogy , ▁Ly ra ' s ▁Oxford ▁and ▁Once ▁Upon ▁a ▁Time ▁in ▁the ▁North . ▁He ▁refers ▁to ▁a ▁third , ▁which ▁will ▁expand ▁his ▁character ▁Will ▁Par ry , ▁as ▁the ▁" green ▁book ". ▁ ▁Another ▁tr il ogy , ▁The ▁Book ▁of ▁D ust , ▁includes ▁characters ▁and ▁events ▁from ▁the ▁His ▁Dark ▁Material s . ▁P ull man ▁has ▁claimed ▁the ▁new ▁series ▁is ▁neither ▁sequ el , ▁nor ▁pre quel , ▁but ▁an ▁" equal ". ▁The ▁first ▁book , ▁La ▁Belle ▁Sau v age ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁October ▁ 2 0 1 7 ▁and ▁the ▁second ▁book , ▁The ▁Secret ▁Commonwealth , ▁in ▁October ▁ 2 0 1 9 . ▁ ▁P ull man ▁has ▁narr ated ▁un ab rid ged ▁audio books ▁of ▁the ▁three ▁nov els ▁in ▁the ▁His ▁Dark ▁Material s ▁tr il ogy ; ▁the ▁other ▁parts ▁are ▁read ▁by ▁actors , ▁including ▁Jo ▁Wy att , ▁Steven ▁Web b , ▁Peter ▁England , ▁Stephen ▁Thor ne ▁and ▁Douglas ▁Black well . ▁ ▁In ▁a ▁discussion ▁on ▁fant asy ▁as ▁esc ap ism , ▁P ull man ▁admitted ▁he ▁never ▁reads ▁fant asy ▁as ▁" it ' s ▁not ▁satisfying ". ▁He ▁then ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁argue ▁that