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- Kairos
series11 books1962
completed
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The Time Quintet is a science fantasy series of five young adult novels written by American author Madeleine L'Engle and made up of A Wrinkle in Time (1962), A Wind in the Door (1973), A Swiftly Tilting Planet (1978), Many Waters (1986), and An Acceptable Time (1989).
- Earthsea Cycle
series18 books1964
completed
part of Earthsea
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The Earthsea Cycle, also known as Earthsea, is a series of high fantasy books written by American author Ursula K. Le Guin. Beginning with A Wizard of Earthsea (1968), The Tombs of Atuan (1970), and The Farthest Shore (1972), the series was continued in Tehanu (1990), and Tales from Earthsea and The Other Wind. In 2018, all the novels and short stories were published in a single volume, The Books of Earthsea: The Complete Illustrated Edition, with artwork by Charles Vess.
- Winterlands
series7 books1986
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Winterlands follows John Aversin, a practical, unglamorous dragon-slayer, and Jenny Waynest, the self-taught village witch he loves, as their small corner of a forgotten kingdom keeps getting dragged into magic far bigger than either of them wanted. Barbara Hambly's series opens with Dragonsbane (1985), which deliberately undercuts the 'brave knight slays dragon' story it seems to promise, and continues across Dragonshadow, Knight of the Demon Queen, and Dragonstar as Jenny pursues real magical training. It favors domestic detail and moral complexity over conventional high-fantasy grandeur.
- Hurog
series2 books2002
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Patricia Briggs's Hurog duology follows Ward, heir to the crumbling mountain holding of Hurog, who has spent his life feigning simple-mindedness to survive his abusive father and scheming relatives' contempt for a perceived weakling. Dragon Bones opens as his father's death forces Ward to finally act, uncovering old magic tied to the dragon bones buried beneath Hurog's keep as war looms over the wider kingdom; Dragon Blood carries the stakes into open conflict. It is a duology about hidden competence and reclaiming an underestimated inheritance.
- The Hobbit
series2 books1937
completed
part of Tolkien's legendarium
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The Hobbit (1937) is J. R. R. Tolkien's children's fantasy novel following the reluctant burglar Bilbo Baggins, who joins a company of dwarves and the wizard Gandalf on a journey to reclaim treasure guarded by the dragon Smaug. It stands as a complete adventure on its own, but shares its setting with the rest of Tolkien's legendarium and leads into the events of The Lord of the Rings.
- The Dragon Heart Legacy
series4 books2020
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Nora Roberts's trilogy follows Breen Kelly, a woman who has spent her life being told she's unremarkable, until an inheritance leads her to Ireland and the discovery of a hidden magical realm called Talamh, along with a family and power she never knew she had. The Awakening opens a contemporary-fantasy trilogy following Breen's transformation from ordinary schoolteacher into a woman claiming a legacy she didn't know existed.
- A Song of Ice and Fire
series14 books1996
part of World of Ice and Fire
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A Song of Ice and Fire is a series of high fantasy novels by the American author George R. R. Martin. Martin began writing the first volume, A Game of Thrones, in 1991, and published it in 1996. Martin, who originally envisioned the series as a trilogy, has released five out of seven planned volumes. The most recent entry in the series, A Dance with Dragons, was published in 2011. Since then, Martin has been working on the sixth novel, titled The Winds of Winter. A seventh novel, A Dream of Spring, is planned to follow.
- The Empyrean
series4 books2023
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Rebecca Yarros's The Empyrean opens with Fourth Wing, following Violet Sorrengail as she's pushed into a brutal dragon-rider war college despite having trained for a different, less physically demanding path. Iron Flame and Onyx Storm continue her survival among rival riders and a wider political conflict facing the kingdom of Navarre. The series pairs a competitive military-academy structure with a central romance thread running alongside the war narrative.
- This Woven Kingdom
series4 books2022
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Tahereh Mafi's This Woven Kingdom follows Alizeh, a servant girl who is secretly the long-lost heir to an ancient Jinn kingdom, and Kamran, the human crown prince drawn to her despite prophecies foretelling his own king's downfall. The series continues across These Infinite Threads, All This Twisted Glory, and Every Spiral of Fate.
- Tairen Soul
series6 books2007
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C. L. Wilson's Tairen Soul opens with Lord of the Fading Lands, a fairy-tale-inflected romantic fantasy in which a woodcarver's daughter is claimed as the truemate of a powerful fey lord and discovers that passion and magic can be dangerous together. The series continues across five novels, including King of Sword and Sky and Queen of Song and Souls.
- Seraphina Universe
series6 books2012
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Among Ghosts (2025) is Rachel Hartman's most recent return to the world she introduced in Seraphina, extending the setting beyond the original duology. It belongs to Hartman's wider Seraphina-world writing rather than continuing as a numbered sequel in the core two-book series.
