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

  • Cover of Narnia Universe
    NarniaUniverse

    universe · 38 books · 1950

    Portal fantasy.

    “Once there is a wardrobe at the back of a spare room, and behind the fur coats the wood gives way to snow, and a lamp-post burns alone among the trees.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe →

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    includes Narnia, Narnia Solo Adventures

  • Cover of Lord of the Isles
    Lord of the IslesSeries

    series · 10 books · 1997

    completed

    About quests.

    “In 1997, Drake began his largest fantasy series, Lord of the Isles, using elements of Sumerian religion and medieval-era technology.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Lord of the Isles →

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  • Cover of Hurog
    HurogSeries

    series · 2 books · 2002

    About dragons.

    “Patricia Briggs's Hurog duology follows Ward, heir to the crumbling mountain holding of Hurog, who has spent his life feigning simple-mindedness to survive his abusive father and scheming relatives' contempt for a perceived weakling.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Dragon Bones →

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  • Cover of Chronicles of the Cheysuli
    Chronicles of the CheysuliSeries

    series · 10 books · 1984

    About shapeshifters.

    “Jennifer Roberson's Chronicles of the Cheysuli opens a generation later with Alix, daughter of that forbidden union, as she comes to terms with the shapechanging magic in her own blood and an ancient prophecy she can't escape.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Shapechangers →

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  • Cover of World of Ice and Fire
    World of Ice and FireUniverse

    universe · 19 books · 1980

    Dark in tone, about war.

    “Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with A Game of Thrones →

    similar bysecondary worldpolitical intriguefantasyepic fantasy

    includes A Song of Ice and Fire, Targaryen History