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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.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Fellowship of the Ring →

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

Watership DownSeries

series21 books1972

completed

Fantasy, about survival, set in countryside & village and our world.

“Adams returned to the same world in 1996 with Tales from Watership Down, a collection of nineteen short stories mixing rabbit folklore with further adventures of characters from the novel.”
from the catalogue

Start with Watership Down →

Wolves ChroniclesSeries

series12 books1962

completed

Adventure, adventurous in tone, set in 19th century and british isles.

“The Wolves Chronicles is Joan Aiken's long-running alternate-history series for young readers, set in a nineteenth-century England ruled by the Stuart dynasty and beset by wolves that have migrated across a Channel land-bridge.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Wolves of Willoughby Chase →

Jonk & BillSeries

series2 books1968

completed

Fantasy, about magical artifacts, set in contemporary.

“In 1981, the book was adapted into a five part series on BBC Radio 4, read by Martin Jarvis OBE and broadcast on 28 December 1981.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Giant Under the Snow →

The Copernicus LegacySeries

series6 books2014

About magical artifacts, set in contemporary.

“While a work of fiction, it does incorporate some facts about Copernicus's history.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Forbidden Stone →

The Princess BrideNovel

William Goldmanstandalone novel1973

Fantasy and romance, set in secondary world.

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