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The Starlight Chronicles is 14 books, 2012–2017.

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Kairos
Narnia
His Dark Materials
Tolkien's legendarium
Raybearer
Earthsea
The Medoran Chronicles
Kingdom (Cynthia Voigt)
Folktales

KairosSeries

seriesMadeleine L'Engle11 books1962

Science fiction.

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NarniaUniverse

universe38 books1950

Portal fantasy.

“Once there is a wardrobe at the back of a spare room, and behind the fur coats the wood gives way to snow, and a lamp-post burns alone among the trees.”
from the catalogue description

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His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

Set in parallel universe.

“In a world like ours and unlike it, every human soul walks outside the body in the shape of an animal — a daemon, who speaks, who cannot be lied to, and who settles into one fixed form only when childhood ends.”
from the catalogue description

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Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

universe163 books1923

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Before the seas were bent and the mountains raised, there was Music — and from that Music came Arda, and in the west of Middle-earth the long defeat and stubborn hope of those who dwell there.”
from the catalogue description

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RaybearerSeries

seriesJordan Ifueko3 books2020

Epic fantasy.

“Redemptor continues her reign as empress, dealing with the political and spiritual fallout of the choices she made, while The Maid and the Crocodile follows a different protagonist in the same world.”
from the catalogue description

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EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Epic fantasy, reflective in tone, about wizards.

“There is a lesson every wizard of Earthsea learns young: to know a thing's true name is to hold its whole being, and to speak it is to move the balance of the world.”
from the catalogue description

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The Medoran ChroniclesSeries

seriesLynette Noni12 books2015

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

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Kingdom (Cynthia Voigt)Series

seriesCynthia Voigt4 books1985

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about coming of age, set in secondary world.

“There is much want in the kingdom and the tales of Jackaroo, the masked outlaw who helps the poor in times of trouble, are on everyone's lips.”
from the catalogue description of Jackaroo

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FolktalesSeries

seriesRobin McKinley3 books1978

Fairy tale retelling.

“Almost 20 years later, McKinley returned to the same material with her 1997 novel Rose Daughter.”
from the catalogue description of Beauty

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What should I read after The Starlight Chronicles?: Kairos — the closest match to The Starlight Chronicles on what it is about, not on what sells.
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How big is The Starlight Chronicles?: The Starlight Chronicles is 14 books, 2012–2017.

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