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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

The Princess and the GoblinSeries

series2 books1871

completed

About coming of age.

“Strahan had published the story and illustrations as a serial in the monthly magazine Good Words for the Young, beginning November 1870.”
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SpellsingerSeries

series9 books1983

Portal fantasy, about transported to another world and 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.”
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The Princess BrideNovel

William Goldmanstandalone novel1973

Romance and adventure.

RedwallUniverse

universe32 books1986

“Ring the Joseph Bell and lay the long tables, for a tale is starting.”
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Start with Redwall →

includes Redwall, The Tribes of Redwall, Redwall Picturebooks, Redwall Audio Version

ShannaraUniverse

universe50 books1977

Epic fantasy.

“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.”
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Start with Imaginary Friends →

includes A Shannara Trilogy Prequel, High Druid of Shannara, Voyage of the Jerle Shannara, Heritage of Shannara, Legends of Shannara, The Dark Legacy of Shannara, Paladins of Shannara, The Fall of Shannara

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