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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

PusadianSeries

series9 books1951

completed

Sword and sorcery and fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests, set in secondary world.

“The Pusadian series is a sequence of fantasy stories by L. Sprague de Camp, begun in the early 1950s and written under the influence of Robert E. Howard's Conan stories.”
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Start with The Eye of Tandyla →

The Crescent Moon KingdomsSeries

series1 book2012

Epic fantasy, about monster hunting, set in desert.

“A handful of reluctant heroes must uncover the truth behind the killings before the kingdom tears itself apart.”
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Start with Throne of the Crescent Moon →

Knight's WyrdNovel

Debra Doyle & James D. Macdonaldstandalone novel1992

Tense in tone, about prophecy and coming of age.

“Will Odosson sets out on a series of dangerous adventures after a wizard predicts that he will meet death before a year has passed.”
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Hyborian AgeUniverse

universe242 books1929

Sword and sorcery and fantasy, adventurous in tone, set in secondary world.

“Earlier still lies the Thurian Age of Kull of Valusia, brooding forerunner to Conan.”
from the catalogue

Start with Conan the Victorious →

includes Conan Universe, Kull of Valusia

ThongorSeries

series33 books1965

Sword and sorcery and fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests, set in secondary world.

“Thongor of Lemuria follows a barbarian warrior on the lost continent of Lemuria as he battles sorcerers, monsters, and rival kingdoms in a sword-and-sorcery setting inspired by Robert E. Howard's Conan.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Wizard of Lemuria →

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