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Fionavar UniverseSeries

series5 books1984

Epic fantasy and portal fantasy, emotional in tone, set in contemporary.

“Kay lived in the countryside near Aix-en-Provence, the setting of Ysabel, while he wrote it.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Summer Tree →

MajipoorSeries

series29 books1980

Science fantasy.

“The setting is a mixture of science fiction and fantasy elements.”
from the catalogue

Start with Lord Valentine's Castle →

EarthseaUniverse

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.”
from the catalogue

Start with A Wizard of Earthsea →

includes Earthsea Cycle

KarouSeries

series4 books2011

Emotional in tone.

“From copyright page: Seventeen year old Karou, a lovely, enigmatic art student in a Prague boarding school, carries a sketchbook of hideous, frightening monsters - the chimerae who form the only family she has ever known.”
from the catalogue

Start with Daughter of Smoke & Bone →

Breaking the WallSeries

series3 books2008

Set in contemporary.

“In an alternate world inspired by ancient Chinese lore and magic, Brenda learns about her magical ancestry after an attack on her father and finds herself among a band of orphans who each represent an animal from the Chinese zodiac.”
from the catalogue

Start with Thirteen Orphans →

FillorySeries

series7 books2009

Portal fantasy, about magic schools, set in contemporary.

Start with The Magicians →

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