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  • Cover of Tolkien's legendarium
    Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

    universe · 163 books · 1923

    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 →

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

  • Cover of Earthsea
    EarthseaUniverse

    universe · 19 books · 1964

    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 →

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    includes Earthsea Cycle

  • Cover of Dragonlance
    DragonlanceUniverse

    universe · 436 books · 1984

    Epic fantasy.

    “The gods have kept their silence over Krynn for three hundred years, and the world has learned to make do without them: the dragons are a nursery tale, the old clerics gone, faith worn down to superstition.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Dragons of Autumn Twilight →

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    includes Dragonlance: Legends Trilogy, Dragonlance Chronicles, Dragonlance: Tales I, Dragonlance: The Lost Chronicles Trilogy, Dragonlance: Raistlin Chronicles, Dragonlance: Tales II, Dragonlance: Classics, Dragonlance: The Dark Disciple Trilogy

  • Cover of Memory, Sorrow & Thorn
    Memory, Sorrow & ThornUniverse

    universe · 14 books · 1988

    Epic fantasy.

    “Winter comes to Osten Ard out of its season, and behind the cold rides something older than the kingdoms of men.”

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    Start with The Dragonbone Chair →

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    includes The Dragonbone Chair Prequels, The Last King of Osten Ard

  • Cover of Dragon Trilogies
    Dragon TrilogiesSeries

    series · 6 books · 1988

    Epic fantasy, tense in tone, about political intrigue.

    “The Dragon Prince trilogy focuses on Prince Rohan of the Desert and his Sunrunner wife, Sioned, while the Dragon Star trilogy focuses on their son, Pol.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Dragon Prince →

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  • Cover of Magic Kingdom of Landover
    Magic Kingdom of LandoverSeries

    series · 8 books · 1986

    Fantasy, set in secondary world.

    “Written in 1986, it tells the story of how Ben Holiday, a talented but depressed Chicago trial lawyer, comes to be king of Landover, an otherworldly magical kingdom.”

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    Start with Magic Kingdom for Sale—Sold! →

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