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

The Broken SwordNovel

Poul Andersonstandalone novel1954

Epic fantasy, about gods and curses.

“A revised edition was issued by Ballantine Books in January 1971 as the twenty-fourth volume of their Ballantine Adult Fantasy series.”
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Lyonesse (Jack Vance)Series

series3 books1983

completed

Epic fantasy, about court intrigue, set in islands.

“The Lyonesse Trilogy is a group of three fantasy novels by Jack Vance, set in the European Dark Ages, in the mythical Elder Isles west of France and southwest of Britain, a generation or two before the birth of King Arthur.”
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Start with Lyonesse: Suldrun's Garden →

RusalkaSeries

series6 books1989

Set in eastern europe.

“C. J. Cherryh's Rusalka opens a trilogy set in medieval forests near the Dnieper, drawing on Slavic folklore about the rusalka, a drowned girl transformed into a water spirit.”
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Start with Rusalka →

EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

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.”
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Start with A Wizard of Earthsea →

includes Earthsea Cycle

DeryniUniverse

universe44 books1970

Historical fantasy, tense in tone, about political intrigue.

“In the kingdom of Gwynedd, power is at once a sacrament and a heresy.”
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Start with Deryni Rising →

includes Chronicles of the Deryni, The Histories of King Kelson, The Childe Morgan, Legends of Saint Camber, The Heirs of Saint Camber

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