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NarniaUniverse
universe38 books1950
“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 →
includes Narnia, Narnia Solo Adventures
The Wizard KnightSeries
series2 books2004
completed
Epic fantasy, about coming of age.
“Able becomes a knight, and because of his connection with the magical and spiritual elements of the world around him is soon also dubbed a wizard.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Knight →
SpellsingerSeries
series9 books1983
About music.
“Alan Dean Foster's Spellsinger series follows Jon-Tom, a UCLA law student pulled into a fantasy world by the wizard Clothahump, where he discovers he can cast spells by singing along with his guitar.”
from the catalogue
Start with Spellsinger →
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 Fall of Gondolin, The History of Middle Earth, The History of the Lord of the Rings
Quag KeepSeries
series2 books1978
completed
Portal fantasy and fantasy, adventurous in tone, about transported to another world and quests, set in secondary world.
“Andre Norton's Quag Keep holds a notable place in gaming history as the first novel set in Gary Gygax's World of Greyhawk, written after Norton took part in an actual Dungeons & Dragons session with Gygax himself.”
from the catalogue
Start with Quag Keep →
Mordant's NeedSeries
series2 books1986
About political intrigue.
Start with The Mirror of Her Dreams →