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  • Cover of Tolkien's legendarium
    Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

    universe · 163 books · 1923

    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
    Start with The Fellowship of the Ring →

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    includes The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, The History of Middle Earth, The Fall of Gondolin, The History of the Lord of the Rings

  • Cover of Narnia Universe
    NarniaUniverse

    universe · 38 books · 1950

    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
    Start with The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe →

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    includes Narnia, Narnia Solo Adventures

  • Cover of The Princess and the Goblin
    The Princess and the GoblinSeries

    series · 2 books · 1871

    completed

    About coming of age.

    “Strahan had published the story and illustrations as a serial in the monthly magazine Good Words for the Young, beginning November 1870.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Princess and the Goblin →

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  • Cover of Stephen King multiverse
    Stephen King multiverseUniverse

    universe · 46 books · 1967

    Dark in tone.

    “The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Gunslinger →

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    includes The Dark Tower

  • Cover of Shannara
    ShannaraUniverse

    universe · 50 books · 1977

    Epic fantasy.

    “Long after the world we know has burned itself to slag in the Great Wars, the Four Lands rise green over the bones of the old age.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Imaginary Friends →

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    includes Heritage of Shannara, Legends of Shannara, A Shannara Trilogy Prequel, High Druid of Shannara, The Dark Legacy of Shannara, Voyage of the Jerle Shannara, The Fall of Shannara, The Defenders of Shannara

  • Cover of Witch World
    Witch WorldUniverse

    universe · 106 books · 1963

    Fantasy, set in secondary world.

    “Step through the Siege Perilous — the standing stone that answers only the hunted, those with nowhere left to run — and the fugitive is delivered not into death but into another world entirely.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Witch World →

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    includes Estcarp, High Hallack, Witch World Secrets, Witch World Chronicles, Witch World Stories, Witch World: The Turning