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Tolkien's legendariumUniverse
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.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Fellowship of the Ring →
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
Once Upon a Broken HeartSeries
series4 books2021
Romantasy.
“Once Upon a Broken Heart and its sequels follow the fallout of that bargain across a fairy-tale-inflected world of curses and dangerous magic.”
from the catalogue
Start with Once Upon a Broken Heart →
FolktalesSeries
series3 books1978
Fantasy and fairy tale retelling, set in secondary world.
“Almost 20 years later, McKinley returned to the same material with her 1997 novel Rose Daughter.”
from the catalogue
Start with Beauty →
Lud-in-the-MistNovel
Hope Mirrleesstandalone novel1926
About fae and art and artists.
EarthseaUniverse
universe19 books1964
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 →
includes Earthsea Cycle
Gilded DuologySeries
series2 books2021
Fantasy and fairy tale retelling, about curses, set in secondary world.
“Long ago cursed by the god of lies, a poor miller’s daughter has developed a talent for spinning stories that are fantastical and spellbinding and entirely untrue.”
from the catalogue
Start with Gilded →