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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
The Last UnicornSeries
series8 books1968
Bittersweet in tone.
“The Last Unicorn is Peter S. Beagle's 1968 fantasy novel about a unicorn who, believing herself the last of her kind, sets out to learn what became of the others.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Last Unicorn →
The Princess BrideNovel
William Goldmanstandalone novel1973
Romance and adventure.
EarthseaUniverse
universe19 books1964
Epic fantasy, reflective in tone.
“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
The Princess and the GoblinSeries
series2 books1871
completed
Adventurous in tone, about coming of age.
“Strahan had published the story and illustrations as a serial in the monthly magazine Good Words for the Young, beginning November 1870.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Princess and the Goblin →
Howl's CastleSeries
series3 books1986
completed
Adventurous in tone.
Start with Howl's Moving Castle →