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universe163 books1923

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.”
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Start with The Fellowship of the Ring →

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

The Phantom TollboothNovel

Norton Justerstandalone novel1961

Portal fantasy, funny in tone, about quests and coming of age.

“A journey through a land where Milo learns the importance of words and numbers provides a cure for his boredom.”
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The Carnelian CubeNovel

L. Sprague de Camp & Fletcher Prattstandalone novel1948

Science fantasy, adventurous in tone.

FlatlandSeries

series2 books1884

Science fiction, set in otherworld.

“Ian Stewart's 2001 Flatterland follows a descendant of that narrator on a tour of stranger geometries, from curved and multidimensional space to relativity, as a knowing homage to Abbott's original.”
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Start with Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions →

At the Back of the North WindSeries

series2 books1869

About friendship and coming of age.

“Diamond travels together with the mysterious Lady North Wind through the nights.”
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Start with At the Back of the North Wind →

Trot and Cap'n BillSeries

series4 books1911

“Baum conceived it as a rival series to his own Oz books, but both characters were eventually folded into Oz continuity and reappear as regulars in later Oz novels.”
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Start with The Sea Fairies →

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