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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.”
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Start with The Fellowship of the Ring →

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

EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Epic fantasy, 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.”
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Start with A Wizard of Earthsea →

includes Earthsea Cycle

The Buried GiantNovel

Kazuo Ishigurostandalone novel2015

Historical fantasy, about amnesia and grief and loss.

The Wood Beyond the WorldNovel

William Morrisstandalone novel1894

Fantasy, about quests, set in secondary world.

“Young Walter, running away from an unhappy love story, starts a voyage towards unknown faraway countries, where visions lead him into a mysterious world beyond a wood.”
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The Princess and the GoblinSeries

series2 books1871

completed

Adventurous in tone, 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.”
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Start with The Princess and the Goblin →

Enchanted PilgrimageNovel

Clifford D. Simakstandalone novel1975

Adventurous in tone.

“A scholar at a remote university stumbles onto a manuscript that hints at forgotten secrets buried in the Wasteland, a blighted region where magic and monsters still linger at the edge of an otherwise rational world.”
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