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SenLinYustandalone novel2025

Dark fantasy, dark in tone, about amnesia, set in secondary world.

“Described as both dark fantasy, horror and gothic romance, and sometimes erroneously classified as dark romance, the standalone novel follows the life of a former alchemist, Helena Marino, as she recovers her memories of a civil war.”
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The Werewolf of ParisNovel

Guy Endorestandalone novel1933

Gothic, about werewolves, set in europe and 19th century.

“Some literature experts have compared this book with Dracula by Bram Stoker and they have identified it as the Dracula of werewolf fiction.”
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Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

universe163 books1923

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 Lord of the Rings, The Fall of Gondolin, The History of Middle Earth, The Hobbit, The History of the Lord of the Rings

Ranger's ApprenticeUniverse

universe42 books2004

Adventure, adventurous in tone, about friendship, set in secondary world.

“A Ranger is not a wizard, whatever the villagers whisper.”
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Start with The Tournament at Gorlan →

includes Ranger's Apprentice: The Early Years, Brotherband Chronicles, Ranger's Apprentice short fiction

Michael GallatinSeries

series8 books1989

Tense in tone, about werewolves, set in europe and early 20th century.

“Robert R. McCammon's Michael Gallatin is a British intelligence agent working behind German lines in the Second World War who is secretly a werewolf, introduced in The Wolf's Hour on a mission to stop a Nazi superweapon.”
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Start with The Wolf's Hour →

World War ZSeries

series3 books2006

Zombie horror, set in our world and contemporary.

Start with World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War →

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