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universe19 books1964

Epic fantasy, reflective in tone, about wizards, set in secondary world.

“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.”
from the catalogue

Start with A Wizard of Earthsea →

includes Earthsea Cycle

NarniaUniverse

universe38 books1950

Portal fantasy, set in secondary world.

“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

Gentleman Bastard SequenceSeries

series7 books2006

About con artists and heist, set in secondary world and big city.

“The Lies of Locke Lamora and its two sequels braid heist capers with flashbacks tracing how the gang was trained, escalating into a wider conflict involving crime lords and sorcerers.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Lies of Locke Lamora →

Peter PanUniverse

universe112 books1902

Fantasy.

“Second star to the right, and straight on till morning — and there it is, the island that every child dreams once and then, growing up, contrives to forget.”
from the catalogue

Start with Peter Pan →

includes Peter Pan, Fairy Haven, The Untold Stories of Neverland, Disney Fairies, Neverland, Disney's Peter Pan & Wendy, Hook's Revenge, Neverland (Heather Killough-Walden)

The Keys to the KingdomSeries

series7 books2003

Adventurous in tone, about quests, set in otherworld.

Start with Mister Monday →

The Sea of TrollsSeries

series3 books2004

Mythic fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests, set in secondary world.

“Nancy Farmer's trilogy, continuing through The Land of the Silver Apples and The Islands of the Blessed, sends Jack further into Norse myth, eventually as far as the realm of the giants, Jötunheimr.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Sea of Trolls →

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