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NarniaUniverse
universe38 books1950
“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 Ship of IshtarNovel
A. Merrittstandalone novel1926
Mythic fantasy, about quests.
“When he finally manages to crack open the rock, a mist escapes.”
from the catalogue
Mordant's NeedSeries
series2 books1986
Fantasy and portal fantasy, adventurous in tone, about political intrigue, set in secondary world.
Start with The Mirror of Her Dreams →
SpellsingerSeries
series9 books1983
About quests and music.
“Alan Dean Foster's Spellsinger series follows Jon-Tom, a UCLA law student pulled into a fantasy world by the wizard Clothahump, where he discovers he can cast spells by singing along with his guitar.”
from the catalogue
Start with Spellsinger →
Quag KeepSeries
series2 books1978
completed
About quests.
“Andre Norton's Quag Keep holds a notable place in gaming history as the first novel set in Gary Gygax's World of Greyhawk, written after Norton took part in an actual Dungeons & Dragons session with Gygax himself.”
from the catalogue
Start with Quag Keep →
The Codex AleraSeries
series6 books2004
Epic fantasy, about war.
“Jim Butcher's six-book series, continuing through Academ's Fury, Cursor's Fury, Captain's Fury, Princeps' Fury, and First Lord's Fury, builds from small-scale political maneuvering into full-scale war.”
from the catalogue
Start with Furies of Calderon →