Find your next SF/F read by mood

universe38 books1950

Set in secondary world.

“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 →

includes Narnia, Narnia Solo Adventures

The Indian in the CupboardSeries

series5 books1980

completed

About coming of age, set in contemporary.

“Lynne Reid Banks' Indian in the Cupboard series begins with the 1980 children's novel in which a boy discovers that an old cupboard can bring his plastic toy figures to life.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Indian in the Cupboard →

Library of AthenaSeries

series4 books2008

Portal fantasy and fantasy, adventurous in tone, about transported to another world.

“Thirteen-year-old Megan Montgomery's world is falling apart.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Crown of Zeus →

Fionavar UniverseSeries

series5 books1984

Epic fantasy, emotional in tone, set in contemporary and secondary world.

“Kay lived in the countryside near Aix-en-Provence, the setting of Ysabel, while he wrote it.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Summer Tree →

Pilgrim (Fred Saberhagen)Series

series2 books1987

completed

Set in our world.

“A young man apartment-sitting for his great-uncle finds it contains a portal to Egypt at the time of the burial of Khufu in his pyramid, and becomes involved in a complex web of plots by several factions.”
from the catalogue

Start with Pyramids →

FairylandSeries

series7 books2009

Whimsical in tone, about coming of age and quests, set in fairyland.

“The novels follow a 12-year-old girl named September as she is spirited away from her average life to Fairyland.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making →

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