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Tolkien's legendariumUniverse
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 History of Middle Earth, The Fall of Gondolin, The History of the Lord of the Rings
ShannaraUniverse
universe50 books1977
Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.
“Long after the world we know has burned itself to slag in the Great Wars, the Four Lands rise green over the bones of the old age.”
from the catalogue
Start with Imaginary Friends →
includes A Shannara Trilogy Prequel, Voyage of the Jerle Shannara, High Druid of Shannara, The Dark Legacy of Shannara, Heritage of Shannara, Legends of Shannara, The Fall of Shannara, Paladins of Shannara
SparhawkUniverse
universe6 books1989
Epic fantasy and fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests, set in secondary world.
“Sir Sparhawk is not a young man, and he has little patience for the pageantry his order pretends to.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Diamond Throne →
includes Elenium, The Tamuli
The Well at the World's EndNovel
William Morrisstandalone novel1896
Epic fantasy and fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests, set in secondary world.
The Quest of the Riddle-MasterSeries
series3 books1976
completed
Fantasy and epic fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests, set in secondary world.
“Drawing on Celtic myth, the three books are prized for their lyrical prose and riddle-based magic, and are often cited among the best high fantasy of the 1970s.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Riddle-Master of Hed →
Jack of ShadowsSeries
series4 books1971
About reincarnation.
Start with Jack of Shadows →