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

  • Cover of Raybearer
    RaybearerSeries

    series · 3 books · 2020

    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
    Start with Raybearer →

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  • Cover of Earthsea
    EarthseaUniverse

    universe · 19 books · 1964

    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
    Start with A Wizard of Earthsea →

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    includes Earthsea Cycle

  • Cover of The Tainted Blood Duology
    The Tainted Blood DuologySeries

    series · 2 books · 2023

    Epic fantasy, tense in tone, about political intrigue.

    Start with Forged by Blood →

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  • Cover of Winter, White and Wicked
    Winter, White and WickedSeries

    series · 2 books · 2020

    Fantasy, about rebellion and revolution, set in secondary world.

    “Twice-orphaned Sylvi has chipped out a niche for herself on Layce, an island cursed by eternal winter.”

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    Start with Winter, White and Wicked →

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

    series · 2 books · 1871

    completed

    About quests and 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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