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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.”
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Start with A Wizard of Earthsea →

includes Earthsea Cycle

City of NightmaresSeries

series2 books2023

Start with City of Nightmares →

TortallUniverse

universe25 books1983

Adventurous in tone, about coming of age.

“In Tortall she does it anyway — and earns the right the hard way, through bruises, cold mornings in the training yard, and the slow winning-over of people who swore she'd fail.”
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Start with Alanna: The First Adventure →

includes Song of the Lioness, The Immortals, Beka Cooper / Provost's Dog, Daughter of the Lioness, Protector of the Small, The Numair Chronicles

Apprentice AdeptSeries

series7 books1980

Science fantasy, adventurous in tone, set in parallel universe and far future.

“Phaze is a lush planet of magic, where Proton is a barren mining planet of science.”
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Start with Split Infinity →

The ScholomanceSeries

series3 books2020

About magic schools and survival.

Start with A Deadly Education →

Moorcock's MultiverseUniverse

universe102 books1961

Set in secondary world.

“The Multiverse is not one world but an endless lattice of them, worlds folded within worlds, each a variation on the last — and through every one of them walks a single conscripted soul.”
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Start with Elric of Melniboné →

includes Eternal Champion, The Elric Saga, Hawkmoon, Corum, Warrior of Mars

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