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  • Cover of Fillory
    FillorySeries

    series · 7 books · 2009

    Portal fantasy, set in contemporary.

    Start with The Magicians →

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    GrishaverseUniverse

    universe · 19 books · 2012

    “Saints are canonized here the way soldiers are buried elsewhere — quietly, and too often.”

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    Start with Six of Crows →

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    includes The Nikolai Duology, Six of Crows, The Grisha

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    The ScholomanceSeries

    series · 3 books · 2020

    Tense in tone, about survival and wizards.

    Start with A Deadly Education →

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  • Cover of Earthsea
    EarthseaUniverse

    universe · 19 books · 1964

    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 →

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  • Cover of Mordant's Need
    Mordant's NeedSeries

    series · 2 books · 1986

    Portal fantasy, adventurous in tone, about political intrigue.

    Start with The Mirror of Her Dreams →

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    Soldier SonSeries

    series · 3 books · 2005

    Epic fantasy, reflective in tone, about colonialism and coming of age.

    “Set in a new world unrelated to her previous trilogies, the Soldier Son trilogy follows the life of Nevare Burvelle, the second son of a newly elevated Lord of the Kingdom of Gernia.”

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    Start with Shaman's Crossing →

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