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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.”
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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

FolktalesSeries

series3 books1978

Fantasy and fairy tale retelling, set in secondary world.

“Almost 20 years later, McKinley returned to the same material with her 1997 novel Rose Daughter.”
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Start with Beauty →

Howl's CastleSeries

series3 books1986

completed

Adventurous in tone.

Start with Howl's Moving Castle →

Once Upon a Broken HeartSeries

series4 books2021

Romantasy, about curses and forbidden love.

“Once Upon a Broken Heart and its sequels follow the fallout of that bargain across a fairy-tale-inflected world of curses and dangerous magic.”
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Start with Once Upon a Broken Heart →

The IckabogNovel

J. K. Rowlingstandalone novel2020

About coming of age and political intrigue.

“Upon release the book received generally positive critical reviews and emerged a bestseller.”
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Enchanted (Gail Carson Levine)Series

series5 books1997

About coming of age.

“Fairest moves to the neighboring kingdom of Ayortha for a take on Snow White, with later volumes continuing to draw on other tales within the same connected world.”
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Start with Ella Enchanted →

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