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series5 books1984

completed

Set in secondary world.

“The portal-fantasy setup plays familiar sword-and-sorcery elements for comedy, with the modern-world characters reacting to the fantasy world's rules as outsiders.”
from the catalogue

Start with The River of Dancing Gods →

The Book of All HoursSeries

series2 books2005

Challenging and dark in tone, about identity.

Start with Vellum →

Myth AdventuresSeries

series33 books1978

Humor, funny in tone, set in secondary world.

“After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together.”
from the catalogue

Start with Another Fine Myth →

The Phantom TollboothNovel

Norton Justerstandalone novel1961

Portal fantasy, whimsical in tone, about quests and coming of age.

“A journey through a land where Milo learns the importance of words and numbers provides a cure for his boredom.”
from the catalogue

His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

Adventurous in tone, about coming of age, set in parallel universe.

“In a world like ours and unlike it, every human soul walks outside the body in the shape of an animal — a daemon, who speaks, who cannot be lied to, and who settles into one fixed form only when childhood ends.”
from the catalogue

Start with Northern Lights →

includes His Dark Materials, The Book of Dust

Santa ClausSeries

series3 books1902

completed

Fantasy.

Start with The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus →

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